Any judicial nominee who has said that the Constitution means what it says, not what judges would like it to mean, is going to be called an 'extremist. ' That person will be said to be 'out of the mainstream. ' But the mainstream is itself the problem.
A bird can fly as high as it wants but it eventually has to come down to earth and get some water. . . and when it comes down to get that water that's when you strike.