Well thank you for at least trying to think of a logical answer!
Even Greta van Susteren, who is normally reasonable, was parroting this line on her show a few nights ago.
Even more perplexing was the consensus of Greta's panelists -- that it would be a good thing for Justices Thomas and Kagan to both recuse themselves, partly because that would make the numbers "fair" (i.e. their absences would "cancel each other out").
Greta and her panelists are all law school grads. How can they be so absurdly stupid?
Greta is a democrat. That is how it makes sense to her for Thomas to be excluded along with Kagan. She does not want the conservatives on the court having an advantage after her side rightly loses Kagan.
There is no logical comparison to Kagan’s conflict of interest in her role as a legal advisor to the Obama administration on the health care bill and Thomas whose wife demonstrated an opinion about Obamacare. Justices are permitted personal opinions about life in America!