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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Yeah, no kidding. The WH has to be thinking "oh fuck" because now there will be a huge battle, much more than with Rehnquist, and it will be much harder to push through a right-winger, since you're not swapping one for the other. And all the names talked about were men, and that probably goes out the door now.
Feel sorry for the guy described in the Post yesterday who runs one of the orgs that will be lobbying on the new justice. He was talking yesterday about making vacation plans and such, since rehnquist didn't resign as expected. Welcome to 24/7 work for the next three months.
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I think you are nuts, no offence. I would be shocked if they didn't have plans in place for both contingencies. Her impending retirement has been out there since 2000. I predict that Bush will act quickly and decisively, liberal sensibilities be damned, make a strong conservative choice and go to the mat.
This is going to be great. The Dems will be so beaten to a pulp that when Rehnquist kicks the bucket in the fall (RIP), C.J. Thomas will be a slam dunk.
