Actually, for the entire GOP it would be a BRILLIANT move. The African American community (and a substantial percentage of them don't trust whitey anyway) will see the left in all their hatred and nasty, spiteful attmpts to destroy Judge Brown and a bunch will move away from the party of the left forever.
I don't know...I remember black Democrats dismissing Thomas as an "Uncle Tom" and heard no anger from their black constituents, was livid over the nasty, hateful affirmative action, race AND sex jokes leveled against Rice by the left but black Democrat voters apparently loved them, the nasty, hateful affirmative action jokes leveled against Miers by the right....I doubt Brown will fair any better from either side.