Bloodless Coup

Sen. Specter and the Need to "Balance" the Circuit Courts

So Arlen Specter believes that William Myers needs to join the Ninth Circuit because it is a "very liberal" Circuit that needs to be balanced. Yet the next controversial Court of Appeals nominee that the Republicans plan to push is Terrence Boyle's nomination to the 4th Circuit. How in the world is putting a Jesse Helms protege on what's already the country's most activist, right-wing federal appeals court going to achieve this mysterious "balance" that Sen. Specter apparently feels is so desperately needed in the judiciary? Is balance only needed in the West?