Cardinal Arinze earned the support of every Eastern rite Catholic in the world, if he didn't have it already, by being at this Mass.
I don't think he had much of a choice in the matter - weren't ALL of the Cardinals present?
Sinkspur has eliminated Cardinal Arinze from the running on two counts - 1) member of the Curia for the past 20 years and 2) a statement by Arinze that "the West is not ready for a black pope."
If we are to believe in Divine intervention then, IMHO, neither one of these arguments flies. What say you?