"in her opinion the person chosen to replace Sandra Day O'Connor should be "balanced and Fair," and not come from either extreme."
She is indeed an idiot. Who ever said that the Pres. has to replace that waffling O'Connor with another waffler? Pres. Bush won; he's the president; he gets to nominate the judges. That's the FACT that they won't accept.
I've never seen that "rule" myself, have you?
Certainly Bill Clinton tried to balance the court by nominating Ginsberg. </sarcasm