Who Obama should pick for Supreme Court

The mainstream, corporate media seems to want to pick the next Supreme Court justice by giving voice to Republican concerns about a potential liberal nominee.

Please, enough of that trash.

There hasn't been a liberal pick on the bench in decades when compared to Antonin Scalia on the ultra-conservative side. The high court is sagging to the right. It needs to be lifted toward the center with a proper pick of a smart, capable, liberal lawyer, of which there are plenty.

Democrats haven't put up much of a fight over extreme right-wing justices like Scalia, Roberts and Alito, who are definitely out of the mainstream of American jurisprudence.

Why should Democrats care what Republicans think about President Obama's next pick? If the fight over health care proved anything is that Republicans will put up a ridiculous fight no matter who Obama picks. The only way Republicans will work with the president is if they get to make the pick.

If we believe what the mainstream media tells us, Republicans are poised to pick up a number of seats in the House and Senate in November. They could even win back both chambers. If that is true, why even bother to care what Republicans think. Go for broke, now.

It's time for Obama to energize his base and pick a solid liberal who can go toe to toe with Scalia, Roberts and Alito.

If Republicans go ballistic over this pick, it could get Democrats off their butts and to the polls in November. Turnout is everything.

Obama should pick another woman for the court because we will not have true justice in this country until there are 5 women on the high court. Women outnumber men in the population and they should outnumber men on the bench. In time they will, because women students are in the majority in law schools across the land.

A black woman would be better because she would be the first such justice on the high court. Or an Asian-American woman, which would be another first.

I fear, though, that Obama will try and appease Republicans and pick your average white guy. Republicans love someone who is white, male and average. They're the ones who always say that best qualified person should be picked for the court as long as he's white.