Speculation Swirls: Priscilla Owen Front-Runner to Replace Sandra Day O'Connor

Human Events Online ^ | September 12, 2005 | Robert Novak

[new yorker 77]

Picture Chuck Schumer's face if Priscilla Owen is nominated.

[Mike Bates]

Picture Chuck Schumer's face if Priscilla Owen is nominated.

upChuck would just have to go out and find a TV camera or two or thirty.

[GretchenM]

How often have the professional speculators been right when trying to name whom Bush will appoint?

Why is my tagline preview yellow?

[George Smiley]

Nothing against Judge Owen, but I'd rather see Janice Rogers Brown nominated.

They'd have a hard time painting a judge who got re-elected by a large margin in California as some sort of right-wing extremist.

[Last Dakotan]

If Kennedy goes that far ... imagine what he might say about Priscilla Owen.

Like I give a s#@%.

[savedbygrace]

Yeah, how many leaks reports was Judge Roberts on?

[Last Dakotan]

Why is my tagline preview yellow?

I don't get it.

[hoosiermama]

I'm surprised she wasn't mentioned in the article....(They'd really look bad if they filibustered her....all the more reason to nominate her;^)

[joesbucks]

I've always got to wonder how these "insider" lists develop. Supposedly the lid is on tight until the announcement, yet names constantly surface.

I was listening to a christian talk show a few days ago when someone from Dobson's group was on with inside information. So I called him on it. He couldn't come with where the information came from and agreed it's a tightly kept secret, yet after my calls he was rattling off names of those on the narrow list and those who are on the long list.

[Cyber Liberty]

Settles it for me. It's not going to be Owens.

[GretchenM]

What was formerly yellow
Is as white as the snow
This time.
Very odd.

[aspiring.hillbilly]

I was pleasantly surprised on how Judge Roberts said before those noxious odious demonrat pols that "...the Constitution is his taskmaster!" Now if he can only whisper that into the prez's ear and embed it into the presidential brain on his way to the Supreme Court.

[Joe Boucher]

I gotta believe little chuckie has a video camera in every room of his house to enable him to not miss a pose.

Like to see some one pour the oil drained from an old differential over his head on camera.

[aspiring.hillbilly]

A black conservative woman who wins in the land of fruit and nuts? Thats hitting the trifecta.

[hoosiermama]

PLus they've interviewed and voted to confirm her within the last year....

What can they say..."Sorry we were wrong."

[George Smiley]

It would befuddle them worse than Roberts has.

[hoosiermama]

She would be escorted by her two senators....OH! MY! Makes me smile just thinking about it....OTOH maybe she would chose to be escorted by her state of origin* not CA!

* Indiana escorted Roberts.

[spartan68]

Ping -
A penny for your thoughts

[onyx]

I doubt that Novak has "inside" info -- but if she just recently spent time at WH with POTUS...?

[TBP]

Owen would be a great choice. So would Janice Rogers Brown and she's better politics. I'd like to see Estrada too. But I think the President wil get one or two more nominations.