[CutePuppy]

You would get someone just as politically committed, but without potential for being an "appeals material". This guy should talk more and louder. He should be better known than Anna Nicole Smith.

[colorado tanker]

I was talking about this over lunch and they said one news report indicated they had already used up all their challenges when this character came along. Still, I wonder if it might be a ground for reversal that the judge didn't strike him for cause because he was personally acquainted with so many of the witnesses. Obviously, he had a huge influence on the jury.