re: #59 Killgore Trout

Her name was proffered from the outset because of restoring another woman to the Court; Bush chose best available for the seat (O’Connor retiring, Rehnquist dying, Miers fireballing in infamy, Roberts and then Alito chosen instead).

Best available should be the choice, not who’s replacing who because of gender, race, etc.

If anything the Democrats keep pushing the idea of hitting specific demographics, but both parties do it.