[RobFromGa]

BUT, if Estrada were say, Estride, and White, but HAD THE EXACT SAME VIEWS, I think he would already have been confirmed.

I doubt that very much. And, the Democrats are surely racist, they think that just because someone is Black they are stupid and need government assistance. If a black breaks that mold, they are no longer really black. Ditto Hispanics.

If Estrada were white, we'd be fighting over a different candidate right now. Not that he isn't deserving, but I believe his race is part of the political calculation going on.

[justshe]

Looks like Marian Horn is going to pass w/100% Ayes. I'm betting not one Dem would vote against anyone put up right now. Heck, Pickering could probably have been confirmed.

[Carolinamom]

Hillary (black ps, pink blouse) now down front. Does this mean what I think it means?

[votelife]

Perhaps I misstated myself. I agree with what you wrote, except I point out that the Dems confirmed Strom's aid, a conservative (white I assume) after the election last year.

I think the Dems are opposing Estrada because they don't want him to be the first Hispanic Supreme Court nominee and if he gets the DC court, it would be almost impossible to keep him from the next court. But, if Estrada were white, and nominated for the DC court, I wonder if the Dems would put up so much capital to stop his nomination...Why put so much capital into killing a nominee not for the Supremes. Now that I think about it, you're probably right, because then he'd simply be viewed like Pickering...

So, if I get this straight, conservative white = racist
conservative hispanic = radical, "stealth" idealogue (can't call a minority racist)