I'm satisfied so far with the selection of Sonia Sotomayor to be the next justice on the court, but why is that Republicans can unabashedly nominate and confirm extreme right wingers to the Supreme Court (Scalia, Thomas, Roberts, Alito) and then go out of their way to say they'd nominate more like them given the chance, yet Democrats have to pussy-foot around and try to confirm their nominees in as stealth liberals. God forbid any Democrat come out and say they would like to see a far-left judge on the Supreme Court. Just once I'd like to hear the Democrats say with pride, "If elected, I will nominate to the Supreme Court judges in the fine liberal tradition of William O. Douglas and Thurgood Marshall.