What to do, then? Well, like an earlier poster suggested, go for someone with a bit of a "stealth" record, but hopefully with private assurances that they will toe a more constructionist line once on the court. The danger there, of course, is that the 'Rats, led by UpChuckie, will insist on an abortion litmus test (funny how litmus tests are okay when imposed by 'Rats, but are the Devil's Own Work when suggested by 'Pubs) for anyone hauled up in front of the Senate. So nominees will be forced to either be evasive (in which case they'll be borked), lie, or renounce their beliefs. That is the scenario the 'Rats are framing.