[Anti-Bubba182]

Bolshevik 1 and Bolshevik 2. God help us.

[ABQHispConservative]

"If he could find a Hispanic woman, that would be ideal, the best choice," he added. I wonder, will the DBM call this pandering?

[Clintonfatigued]

As with every adminsitration, there will be two factions in the Obama White House on the judicial appointment issue. One will be confrontationalists, who want to appoint an openly raidcal nominee with Democrat votes alone. On the other, there will be those with a more accomidationalist mode, wanting to appoint a judge who could prolong the Presidential honeymoon and win a mandate vote without stirring up a lot of controversy.

[flintsilver7]

This was not one of the particularly scary aspects of an Obama presidency. The conservative justices that are getting on in years (such as Scalia) will die on the bench before they let Obama name replacements. If Stevens and Ginsburg are replaced, it’s not like the court can get any farther left. They’ll be replaced with clones.

It’s what happens after those two justices retire (or, God forbid, a second term) that scares me.

[A. Patriot]

Anyone is better than Ginsburg. Obamanation can’t go wrong here.

[Cicero]

"If he could find a Hispanic woman, that would be ideal, the best choice," he added.

How about a transsexual Aztec?

[DBCJR]

Probably 3 will step down to allow a Lib lifetime replacement. Perhaps 1 more due to health/age.

[Tzimisce]

Great this makes me feel...no better at all...

[MovementConservative]

The worst fears of ours about to become reality. Stevens and Ginsburg were hanging on just for this time. Hopefully that idiot Anthony Kennedy has enough sense to stay on.

[Always Right]

A minimum of 2, most likely 3.

[IreneE]

Is Stevens a RINO?

If he is not a Dem, why wouldn’t he retire while Bush was still in office?

Probably a dumb question, but there it is.

[Reagan Man]

>>>>>"It is quite likely he would choose a woman or a minority," "If he could find a Hispanic woman, that would be ideal, the best choice,"

OMG Affirmative action is alive and well.

[Brilliant]

I would say at least 3, maybe as many as 5.

[dbwz]

""...certainly could surprise conservative commentators expecting him to name someone more radical to the post."

That'll be taking place right after the swine flyover.

[ken21]

that’s why i did not want a democrat to win the presidency.

[Gil4]

"If he could find a Hispanic woman, that would be ideal, the best choice," he added.

I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but why is this not considered racist and sexist?

[walsh]

We were warned this would happen.

But some people here said "We don't care about having radicals on the Supreme Court" by staying at home. Thanks to their selfishness, we will all suffer.

They should be the first to suffer under the Obama administration.

[TexasNative2000]

Two appointments?

He'll have the opportunity for two appointments by the end of January, 2009. As soon as he walks into the Oval Office after the inaugural parade, Stevens and Ginsberg will have their retirement announcements on his desk.

[Zeppo]

If he could find a Hispanic woman, that would be ideal, the best choice," he added.

Hey, Barack... To the best of my knowledge, we've never had a left-handed dwarf as a Supreme Court Justice (physical dwarves, that is, not mental ones, so Souter doesn't count).

Grab your chance to really make history, BO baby, and nominate one of those... Or maybe a conjoined siamese twin pair - that would really be 'change', wouldn't it... Or, or, how about a Hispanic woman?

[Titus-Maximus]

1) Boy George
2) Pee Wee Herman

Obama throws a bone to the transgendered community.