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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	I wouldn't worry
	Date:	5/1/2009 11:01:57 PM

The pick can't be much worse than Souter (who sadly was a GHW Bush nominee). What is interesting is to watch the identity politics crowd line up with their favorite minority. What I found disturbing is Obama's criteria for his pick. It needs to be someone with the judicial knowledge even though I stipulate the pick will be an activist and not a constitutionalist. At least he should consider their judicial expertise instead of their "life" experience.

Ginsberg is defintely next and no one he picks can be consistently wrong more than her. All in all these won't change the balance in the courts.

BTW, did you see the analysis that with Specter defecting the Republicans could put a solid conservative on the judiciary committee and may be able to block nominees totally out of the mainstream? They still have Lindsey Graham which can sometimes be counted on to go astray but the others are solid. Would be ironic if Obama has to settle for more of a centrist nominee because of the actions of the unscrupulous Specter. Senate rules are so arcane but they need at least one Republican to get any nominee to the floor.

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