[mwl1]

Wake up. Bush is not going to sacrifice precious political capital by means of a replay of the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas saga. To do so would be politically insane.

Scalia will get the nod. He is tremendously uncontroversial and was unanimously confirmed in 1986. RATS cannot possibly repudiate their prior acquiesence.

[EternalVigilance]

I never said I believed it would happen, or that I support it...in fact I said exactly the opposite. It was simply interesting speculation.

[hchutch]

They have a reason: It's called Bush v. Gore. No, if there is a pick of the reliable conservative people on the court, it would be Thomas, particularly AFTER the Trent Lott fiasco.

Combine it with a SCOTUS appointment that is Hispanic - not Al Gonzales, but instead, Emilio Garza, from the 5th Circuit. Viet Dinh, one of the Division heads at DOJ, might be a surprise pick as well.