Hmmmm, and what if she were to turn out to be one of the most consistant originalists ever put on the bench.That is just a form of gambling? Why not just invest your money by picking stocks at random and hoping that they might be the next Google? It might work out, but it would just be a matter of luck.
It is always a more sound practice to pick a known quantity.
She's already a known quantity.....to Dubya. We elected him because he promised to nominate people to the court who would be strict constructionists in the mold of Thomas and Scalia. He has done everything he has said he would do so far, and there is no reason to believe he will start doing otherwise now.
Some may not like some of the things he has done, but basically, he did do what he said he would do.