Get real.
You'd have to explain why most of the Republican national leadership for the last decade has been from the South or the border states.
All of the conservatives in question would have been ecstatic with such sons and daughters of the South as Bill Pryor or Edith Jones. It's about experience and aptitude, not her zip code.
I agree....That's like screaming racism where it doesn't exist....I'm very southern by the way.
"Get real. "
Why don't you review the SCOTUS roster again ... and tell me again about how Southern Leadership is in play?