Bill--

Would the Democrats really want to protest the naming of the first Hispanic? Also, it's not like the Clarence Thomas situation, in which Thomas held opinons actually harmful to quite a few black people. It's not the same with Gonzales--with him the dominant feeling among Hispanics is likely to be (justified) pride at one of their own making it so close to the top of US society.

And remember, as I noted earlier, Hispanics are by far the fastest growing segment of the US population (as well as traditionally being mostly in the Democratic column).