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Mr. Estrada was nominated and is being touted as the first Hispanic - not just as a man who will do a good job. There is no way you can deny it.

Do not - just don't waste the space to try to say that Mr. Estrada was not nominated because he was Hispanic.

I take it by these two quotes you have some "inside" knowledge as to why Estrada was nominated. Despite your effort to TELL me what I can and can't do, here it is, and I could care less what you think about my ability to deny it. Miguel Estrada was nominated because he is an emminently qualified party (see ABA approval rating), NOT because he is Hispanic, Black, Indian, Hindu, Muslim or anything else.

but he was nominated and touted because he was Hispanic - just plain wrong and you can't spin it fast enough to blur the truth.

Again with your inside knowledge. Following your logic, that all nominations have a dastardly political motive, give us the benefit of your insider motive for Pickering, Owen and Sutton, just for starters.

We do not have the moral high ground here. Now if that doesn't matter - have the courage to say it doesn't. Don't pretend the Democrats are dastardly for doing the same thing we are doing.

Sorry, but we do have the moral high ground here. Remember the "activist judges" writing their own Florida law, against Florida law, remember the Ninth Circuit "activist" judges making the usage of God unconstitutional in the Pledge of Allegiance? You want more of that? Having the moral courage to stand up for judges who believe our Constitution means something, is worth every knockdown dragout fight with the RATS we get in. We're talking about a country I happen to love and the nicey, lovey-dovey tactics you seem to espouse will get us run over every time. This, my friend, whether you see it that way or not, is political war on a grand scale and saying we have to fight "nice" is like saying we were mean to use overwhelming force in Iraq.

YOu are just spitting in the wind here - my goodness just read the posts on this thread!! Everytime I hear a Republican talk about him it is 'the first Hispanic' blah, blah, blah. 'The Democrats won't pass on him because he is Hispanic", etc.

Now that is racial politics. I have never questioned his qualifications - have heard almost nothing about them except he is an immigrant who went to Harvard.

Just look at the title of this thread 'energize the HIspanic vote' - and that is not racial politics.

No moral high ground at all - just same dirty politics.