I don’t want somebody who will be loyal to the Democratic Party. I want somebody who will be loyal to the American people. Fuck this Party First bullshit.

I agree with you in principle, but in the real world D and R is all we have right now and so in the short term it would be nice if he showed some appreciation to the providers of his life boat.

I didn’t know her too well in HS, she was one of the brainiacs, and I was a band geek who tolerated academics only to the point of getting by. Having also been raised in the Bronx by a single mom (back when being a single mom wasn’t quite the trendy thing to add to one’s resume), I can relate to her achieving what she has IN SPITE of her humble beginnings. No day care, limited career choices for her mom, and mine.

She earned her ride at Yale, and made damn good use of it.

Take for example, the next nominee will not create a Liberal SCOTUS. But if that is Obama’s natural inclination, there is a method in which he can get a two-fer for his national governing agenda, provided he is a ‘pragmatist’. If so, he should nominate Senator Harry Reid.

Okay, now you can vilify me to you heart’s content.

With Harry Reid moving up to SCOTUS for the next six years, Senator Dick Durbin moves up to become the Senate Majority Leader, and whence the political battle in the Senate will increase a tad or two, and three. And yet, if the Conventional Wisdom holds true, Obama would get a fourth bite at the apple, with Reid’s retirement in six years.

And as a Chicano, I would be advocating Sotomayor for SCOTUS, but I think, from the standpoint of ‘crass politics’ and for what is far more important to America in the greater scheme of thinks, Sotomayor can wait a year to two for consideration as the next opening occurs. As such, the ‘game changer’ is not pertinent to a Liberal SCOTUS, until the next vacancy crops up. So, I will bide my time.

Therefore, I much prefer the Reid/Durbin ‘combo’ since the Obama Agenda has far greater improtance to me in my daily life.

As an aside, Reid, having been both an Elected and Appointed Official, as well as a Legislator, has forgotten more about Constitutional Law that the combined knowledge of the Conservatives utilized on SCOTUS. To wit, Reid knows well the inherent boundaries found in the Constitution since he been responsible for all the legislation written by the Democrats and Republicans in the Senate for all these years. And that’s not to be discounted one iota. And seeing Reid match wits with the likes of Alito and Scalia would be a true joy when compared to the politics of the Right for the Bircherisms, here in the Sonoran Desert.

Jaango

the guy makes my skin crawl.

You and me both.

old, white, male (Can I say that?)

I belong to that demographic and yes, you can. I’d be disappointed if you didn’t. *g*

Unfortunately my favorite candidate Jennifer Granholm is a graduate of…Harvard Law Scool.