Ted Olson has long been among 3 choices at the top of my list. He is a brilliant legal scholar, is incredibly qualified, has served as Solicitor General and knows the Supreme Court intimately.
Ted Olson is a conservative ... and, yes, even though I, too am a woman ... I think it is time to nominate a man this time.
Above all, it would warm my heart for the husband of everyone's favorite conservative icon, Barbara Olson, to become a Justice of the SCOTUS. Who can forget that Barbara was tragically killed on 911 when the plane she was on crashed into the Pentagon. We will never get over the loss of Barbara Olson. We will not soon again see the likes of Barbara's joie de vivre, keen intellect and supreme conservative credentials.
I'm a woman too. And could care less whether he nominated a woman last time or ever again. It's the left that made gender into the "smoking gun" needed for this confirmation, not conservatives. It's the left that has made all SCOTUS nominations into a neverending abortion-affirmative action debate.
Amen to all that!!! Mr. President, please do the right thing. Ted Olson.