Nevada Gov. Sandoval says he´s not interested in Supreme Court seat

Market Watch ^ | 2/15/16 | Robert Schroeder

[Nachum]

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval said Thursday he is not interested in being considered for a seat on the Supreme Court. Wednesday, the Washington Post reported Sandoval, a Republican, was being vetted by the White House for a possible nomination. Sandoval said in a statement that he notified the White House he doesn´t want to be considered "at this time" for a nomination and that he told Senate leaders the same thing. President Barack Obama is planning to name a candidate to fill the seat of the late Antonin Scalia, though Republicans say they will not hold hearings.

[Nachum]

Hmmm

[A CA Guy]

Gore?

[nascarnation]

Well Loretta Lynch it must be then!

[shortstop]

Knowing the nomination will be blocked, who would want the nomination at this point?

[maggief]

Jon Ralston @RalstonReports 20m20 minutes ago

Bottom line: Once Sandoval saw strategic leak to Post of only his name, he got the game that was going on, got out before he got bludgeoned.

[sourcery]

Exactly.

[onyx]

Whatever his reason, GOOD on Governor Sandoval.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Yep why would he allow himself to be used by Obama and Democrats in this manner????

[DoughtyOne]

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[Qiviut]

I read a pretty good article (wish I’d kept the link) that many potential nominees are not going to want to be considered due to the lame duck status of Obama & all that means with Congress. If Sandoval not wanting to be considered “at this time” is an indication this ‘reluctance’ will be happening for real, then maybe there is some small hope to get through the rest of the year without Obama getting his way with another Supreme Court appointment. I have little to no faith in the Repubs to oppose him on this or anything else based on the last 7 years.

[Georgia Girl 2]

LOL! I predicted that. He had a conversation with Mitch.

[lodi90]

Also, Sandoval saw NV GOPers telling tales out of school in the press. No way did he want his record as Gov. scrutinized nationally while the kenyan used him.

[SoFloFreeper]

Smart move. Sandy.

[DoughtyOne]

Somewhere along the line, this post got adulterated in my buffer.

I am sorry for the mess.

[RightFighter]

How dare he subvert the Constitutional process by withdrawing his name before Obama even submitted it!!!

[enduserindy]

I don’t know much about him. Would he be a train wreck?

[ExNewsExSpook]

I’ve heard rumors that Sandoval has his sights set on the Senate seat being vacated by Harry Reid. He trounced Reid’s son for re-election, and Pa didn’t want to become the latest loser in a family full of them.

[Thank You Rush]

Had a horrible thought - wouldn’t surprise me if he tapped Rahm or even Gorelick! Anyone who would drive us up a wall will be the one(s) he nominates...