[Coop]

This battle_unlike the one more than a decade ago about Clarence Thomas's dismal legal qualifications

Guess I missed the battle about Thomas' legal qualifications. I do remember the pubic hair arguments, though.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Ms. Marquez is, in the end, a loyal Democrat, but she was one of a few columnists in Florida to treat Jeb Bush almost fairly pre-election 2002...and she is talking to her fellow Democrats...as a Hispanic Floridian (anti-Castro).