The more and more I think about what Justice Roberts did, the more I believe that he did it to hang Obama.
I think so, as well. He knew that whichever side won this batttle, the other side would use it to fund-raise on a massive scale. He may have figured that the Obamessiah's record wouldn't necessarily overcome whatever massive fundraising that they (the Obamessiah's campaign) could have done, so he may have figured, "Let's throw this one to him, and maybe the conservative base will raise enough money to throw his ass out in November." So, Romney wins the election--and is able to replace Ginsberg with, say, Janice Rogers Brown. Now, there's five
conservatives on the bench (I'm counting Kennedy as one for this). Then the Republicans in the House and Senate decide that Kagan has violated Federal statutes about recusing herself from the Obamatax decision, and impeach her (which they could do, if they get to 60 Senators, which is entirely possible), and convict in the Senate, thus throwing her off the SCOTUS. Then, Rick Santorum is nominated to fill the slot--or Pam Bondi (AG of FL). Voila! Conservative SCOTUS, no matter what Roberts decides!