Based on the first response I would say it has already begun.
If it was a neccessity to choose a woman for "balance". With all the great, conservative women who were available it is too bad that the President resorted to cronyism for his selection. It used to be that friends of the president got cush ambassadorships, now I guess they get lifetime appointments to the highest court in the land, how sad.
It amazes me that, for all the time you've spent on this website, that you think that George Will is universally admired here. And to suggest that any criticism of him now, is evidence of ______ (whatever simplistic point you are trying to make) is sophistry.