Would it be risky for Democrats to oppose the first ever black chief justice?

[Beet]

If they do, they can forget about affirmation action or similar nonsense.  They'd lose all credibility with that policy.

Huh?

Republicans lose credibility opposing affirmative action when they nominate or highlight someone who is minority or female on some basis other than merit for the job specified (i.e., political reasons).

Democrats aren't affected by opposing candidates they think are unqualified for a job, I don't see why it would effect them.

[Beet]

No, because they're Democrats. Fritz Hollings didn't recieve any criticism from the media for saying that Bush went to war to protect Israel, but Trent Lott's remark which simply praised Strom Thurmond ended his tenure as senate majority leader.

Lets see Lott praised a Segregationalist & suggested we wouldn't have all these "problems" if he won in his run for President in 1948.  In 1948 when Thurmond ran for President he was a complete & utter racist & ran under the sole platfoorm of keeping Segreation

Yeah, Lott's insinuations clearly went beyond just ordinary political statement.

Also, this was one thing the media didn't pick up on at all until the blogs hammered at it.

On the other hand, the media seems to be great at picking up Natalee Holloway-type stories, even if it ruins the livelihoods of people living in Aruba.