My advice to the Republican party!

No one is going to listen to my advice, being politicians are what they are, they will always do the wrong things. However, I'm going to offer it anyway. Obama has nominated an Hispanic woman to be the next Supreme Court justice. Now, many may not like her politics, her decisions, her antics, etc., but she did graduate law school, she was a district judge and she did serve as an appellate judge. Guess what guys, this means she's qualified. Maybe she was picked because she was a woman or because she is Hispanic or both, but does that really matter? Here's the thing. When judge Roberts went through his fight and when the gang of 15 had to be formed to get Bush's judicial nominees through the Senate, the fight was over how Democrats were not being constitutional in providing advice and consent but were instead filibustering judicial nominees, simply because they didn't like them. First, I agree that the Democrats significantly overstepped their bounds here. Never before had judicial nominees been filibustered and it should never happen again (hear this Republicans!). After all, constitutionally, the Senate's job is to provide advice and consent. You don't like somebody, vote no, but you can't just keep somebody's nomination hanging. That's unfair to the nominee, it is unfair to the President, it is unfair to "we the people" but most importantly, it is unconstitutional. Secondly, there were a lot of political games played by the Democrats over judicial nominees during the Bush years that are so abhorrent to me it isn't funny at all. Listing them would take several posts. However, the Republicans should not fall into the same trap. Obama thinks he has been wonderfully shrewd in picking an Hispanic and a woman to boot. While this makes for good politics, it actually isn't particularly shrewd at all. It would have been more shrewd to use this tactic in picking someone that might actually change the balance on the court. This judge, whether you like her or agree with her isn't going to do that. The court balance will remain the same. Additionally, you aren't going to win this one. With 59 votes in the Senate and probably 60, the Democrats don't need a single Republican to vote yes in order to confirm her. We should learn something from the Democrats of the Reagan era here. They confirmed Scalia (whom they despise) 98-0 most likely (for all the wrong reasons) because he was the first Italian American nominated to the court. The Republicans should follow suit here. Sure, ask tough questions and make sure America knows where she stands during the vetting process, but in the end, vote her in and do it unanimously. Anything less will alienate the female and Hispanic vote and that is something the Republicans can't afford. Can't bring yourself to vote for someone you are stringently opposed to ideologically? Fine, don't vote unless you have to or better yet, realize that this vote and this fight isn't the one to be fought and won. You can't win this one so choose your battles and fight the one that needs to be fought. This one isn't it!