Listening to Tony today he stated that the key candidates had let Bush know they weren't interested in the SC because of the destructive nomination process. Did your sources indicate anything along these lines?
Although I understand their feelings I find that hard to believe...but it did come from Tony.
Yes.
It seems obvious now that a lot of folks were given this information over the weekend. It would not surprise me now if the White House is allowing people to talk about it.
In particular, some nominees who had already been through this process once made it clear that they did not want to do it again.