woman. some media conservatives now slamming the president for playing racial identity politics. it's hardly unprecedented. in the 1980 campaign, ronald reagan vowed to put the first woman on the supreme court, and he did that with sandra day o'connor. the press loves to trot out its short list, but given the racial and gender criteria, the list is much shorter this time around. there is one consensus across the media landscape, the democrats will be able to push through whatever woman biden picks, and it won't change the 6-3 conservative majority one bit. i'm howard kurtz, and this is "mediabuzz." ♪ ♪ pleasure. howard: ahead, dana perino with her take on presidents insulting the press. and, hey, is tom brady retiring or not? as joe biden talked about the high court vacancy, commentators on the right and left really went at it despite the fact that