[[Estrada would be great, but I don't think that he would put his family through another estradification.]]
That is why I said he would need assurances of strong, active support that would counter attacks. I think that and an appeal to his sense of love of country.
[[Do you recall that the charge was made that Miguel Estrada said only what his white masters told him? That is pretty foul to have to listen to without the benefit of support from Republicans.]]
I recall that well, but the SCOTUS confirmation process is much more visible and under closer scrutiny. And those judicial memos would take a lot of fire power away from the democrats. Painting the democrats as beholding to, and manipulated by, special interests, instead of serving the people, would be a powerful weapon, one they would want to avoid with the 2006 elections just around the corner. I think they would have their hands tied with an Estrada nomination.
I think that he can still love his country and want to protect his family. Again, his nomination would be fabulous if he made it through.
It is a big sacrifice to ask and to do so for the second time.