Clarence Thomas got his Supreme Court appointment after a brutal, ugly, vicious, nasty, down-in-the-gutter, "high-tech" lynching fight. But remember we won. We won because we fought tooth and nail. And guess what, we have a reliable conservative vote on the Supreme Court until Thomas breathes his last breath of air above ground.
I think Janice Rogers Brown could get appointed under such a scenario and achieve an overwhelming 51-49 approval vote in the Senate. She would be so steeled by this process she would vote conservative until she was 110 years old.
And the JRB pick was under an ideal scenario.
I don't think anyone except the most wild-eyed optimists expected her to be nominated.
But to not choose McConnell, or Luttig, OR JONES, FOR GOODNESS SAKE, is just an insult.
There's no use sugarcoating it.