[Oliver Optic]

I'm hoping there's more going on here and that he's not just a stealth Souter

There's zero chance he is a Souter.

There's an outside chance he could become a Kennedy ... same is true of almost any nominee.

My take is that he's not quite a Scalia, most likely a Rehnquist ... and that's not half bad.

[coulterfan1]

There's zero chance he is a Souter.

why? what is there in his record that leads you to believe this?

There's an outside chance he could become a Kennedy ... same is true of almost any nominee.

see question above

My take is that he's not quite a Scalia, most likely a Rehnquist ... and that's not half bad.

a) see question above again. b) why are conservatives always willing to settle for less than they should & liberals never willing to compromise on anything?

[Enchante]

Certainly an improvement on O'Connor, who so often tried to split hairs and forge amorphous murky mushy compromises that failed to respect the clear terms of the Constitution and its Amendments, not to mention many statutes.....