Sam Alito, unlike the other conservatives on the Supreme Court, seems capable of "evolving" --once he 's on the bench...
Alito does not seem to have a closed mind, an agenda, or political philosophy that is overriding all else...
He is said to be "smart," and that CLEARLY seperates him from most other conservatives... And, it is unlikely that he will try to turn the clock back to the 1950s, as most Southern Bubba and Religious Conservatives seek to do...
So, if the Red State South thinks that they are going to be able to go back to Jim Crow...with their new "conservative court"...they could be saddly mistaken.
As long as Bush is forced to "go with brains," and stay away from the party hacks and ideologues... Blue State Progressive should have nothing, too much, to worry about... Roe is probably "safe," even if some of the more "creative" restictions are put into law on a state by state basis.
Still, I would prefer to see Democrats, and other progressives, working the economic issues with the Bubba Red State Republicans...and NOT constatnly playing in the Evangelical "SandBox" on these "social issues."
