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The Thomas hearings will be nothing compared to that one. Because the liberals know the court swings right with that selection. They will pile all the hate, crap, junk, hate, not supporting abortion hate, etc. on the candidate. With what they say, you will wonder why the candidate was not in jail instead of being asked to sit on the high court.

Assuming we get originalist conservatives to replace O'Conner and Rehnquist, it is the next seat after them that will make the difference. We need five for a majority.

To be sure, the tilt will be a little more conservative. Some of the leftward lurch will slow down. But until we have five, it will be pretty much more of the same and certainly we will not begin reversing decades of left-wing living-constitution decisions until the appointment AFTER the O'Conner and Rehnquist appointments. Until then, there is a solid bloc of left-wing votes to prevent that.

Bush making a third appointment to the SC...now that would be history indeed. He has two appointments so far. Only President Washington and President Bush has had two appointments from what I understand. But a third appointment would put Bush in a class by himself if he gets a third appointment.

Ostensibly that would be Breyer's seat as he is the oldest, but it could be (please let it be so) Ginsberg's seat.

Right now I am wondering if Reinquist passing while still a sitting SC justice might give the other older justices (Breyer, White, Ginsberg) pause to reflect and consider retirement.