I get what you’re saying and of course think the president should have resisted the quota pressure–and could have. But I do think the where’s-the-woman? cries would have gone on for a bit. The “Damn Man” stuff only lasted 5 minutes at first, but kept rearing its silly head–he’s a “Neanderthal,” Kim Gandy said. He (erroneously) supposedly opposed women’s rights. Arlen Specter had told the president the first or second pick had to be a woman. He would have made a big fuss. Sandra D. would have complained, Ruth Bader–and all at a higher decibel level that last time. The president would have overcome it all because there’s nothing to it but silliness. But the Left would have had been running wild like at a drunken debutant ball. Which, to be honest, I think would have made the president’s position all the stronger–because how stupid it all would be would be clear.