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   Comment by Unstable Isotope on 30 April 2009 at 10:15 pm:

   Let the games begin!
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   Comment by jason330 on 30 April 2009 at 10:16 pm:

   Mike Castle.
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   Comment by Joanne Christian on 30 April 2009 at 10:23 pm:

   What…did he send e-mails too?
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   Comment by Unstable Isotope on 30 April 2009 at 10:34 pm:

   Isn’t it kind of surprising that Souter is the first to go?
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   Comment by pandora on 30 April 2009 at 10:34 pm:

   I wasn’t expecting it.
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   Comment by a. price on 30 April 2009 at 11:01 pm:

   i would have said Ruth. he’s basically the center vote right?…ur um correct?.
   shifts left maybe? hello justice Clinton?
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   Comment by xstryker on 30 April 2009 at 11:23 pm:

   Dennis Archer?
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   Comment by John Manifold on 30 April 2009 at 11:51 pm:

   When Black and Harlan died in 1971, Sen. Roth suggested that Collins Seitz should be the next justice.
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   Comment by nemski on 30 April 2009 at 11:51 pm:

   David and Tom are have synchronized aneurysms right about now.
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    Comment by a. price on 1 May 2009 at 12:06 am:

    MIKE PROTACK
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    Comment by anon on 1 May 2009 at 4:47 am:

    Now the Repubs will have something to start unifying around. If Obama ramrods his guy in, Repubs continue to fracture. But if Repubs force a withdrawal of a nomination, they get some oxygen.

    Worst case is skeletons pop out of the nominee’s closet during the hearings and Repubs get mileage without lifting a finger.

    I am expecting the wingnuts to invent a new form of attempted disqualification, like they tried to do with Sebelius “She accepted money from a doctor who performs abortions!” etc.
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    Comment by El Somnambulo on 1 May 2009 at 6:37 am:

    Souter is one of the most reliable members of the liberal/moderate wing. Anthony Kennedy is what passes for the swing vote.

    Obama at best will just hold serve with this appointment.

    At least Souter has said that he will serve until a replacement is confirmed. He’s not gonna leave the Court in a 4-4 balance.
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    Comment by liberalgeek on 1 May 2009 at 8:04 am:

    My source says Ginsburg ain’t long for the world, let alone the bench. It may be time for a double switch. Of course, again, we are just holding serve.
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    Comment by Donsquishydishimaharishi on 1 May 2009 at 8:15 am:

    is your source God?
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    Comment by El Somnambulo on 1 May 2009 at 8:33 am:

    Anyone ever seen God and the Geekster in the same place at the same time? Something to contemplate…
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    Comment by anon on 1 May 2009 at 8:39 am:

    God needs to take good care of Ted Kennedy for a little while longer.

    Or maybe at this point, Al Franken is God.
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    Comment by Dorian Gray on 1 May 2009 at 9:18 am:

    Souter never dug DC. He wants to move back to rural New England I’d reckon. Ruth’s health makes her next… followed by JPS’s age. (What’s he like 117 years of age?)

    The conservartives are all relatively young and in good health.
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    Comment by BL on 1 May 2009 at 9:23 am:

    I’m sure Souter’s moderate voice will soon be replaced by a radical liberal.
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    Comment by pandora on 1 May 2009 at 9:25 am:

    Isn’t it a bitch when people win an election and get to implement their policies?
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    Comment by anonone on 1 May 2009 at 9:31 am:

    I can only hope, BL.
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    Comment by Dorian Gray on 1 May 2009 at 9:47 am:

    Yeah, BL Roberts, Alito, Thomas and Scalia are so reasonable & open-minded. That partisan knife cuts both ways.
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    Comment by anonone on 1 May 2009 at 10:07 am:

    Part of the beauty of this is that it opens up another opportunity for the majority of repubs to flail their unpopular social agenda in front of the country. They can’t suddenly go all socially moderate now without alienating their base, so they’ll have to get their extremist anti-women, anti-gay, anti-labor, anti-environment machine running loudly.

    Also, with Specter’s defection, they no longer have a ranking member on the Judiciary Committee which makes the actual fight in the Senate that much more difficult.