re: #6 windsagio

I think the mistake is them wanting left idealogues to counteract the right idealogues that got shoved in. That only makes the situation worse >>

Throwing in a young center-leftist really into LAW is playing the long term, both for his politics, and for the court in general.

Basically, the left-leaning crowd is upset because they realize this is it. Obama will probably never be in a better position to put through a strongly left-wing SCOTUS candidate. And he won’t. Because that is not who he is, or what his vision for the Court is.

That said, totally agree. Kagan knows law, she’s about fifteen years old in Supreme court terms, and she has a good record of being able to work with both conservative and liberal thinkers.