Not hearing much noise about this, so it's probably just a conversation I'm having in my head. But why wouldn't Barack Obama put Hillary in the Supreme Court.
1. She'd be a reliable lefty vote
2. She'd bring the "politician" voice back to the Court some have longed for since Sandra Day O'Connor retired.
3. She'd be taken out--completely--as a political force to be dealt with (can you say Teddy Kennedy, 1980 Democratic Primary Challenge?)
4. As bruising as the fight would be in the Senate--it would be a whole lot LESS bruising than if they nominated some of the people they are currently thinking about.
I'm just sayin'.
UPDATE: I spoke (wrote) too soon.
Monday, April 12, 2010
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Turn the nomination process into a political bloodbath. Put socialism and thereby Obama on trial. If nothing else it stalls his agenda until the midterms.
And please don't act like it's never been done before. I remind you of Clarence Thomas and Robert Bork.
I wouldn't trust Hillary with operating a hot-dog stand, how she rose to any political office is a real statement about our politics.
I hear you Parabola--but hell, she's like--oh, I don't know--a thousand million times more qualified to be President than the guy we have--which ain't sayin' much.
But the tactical value of shipping her off to the Supremes--there's something to it if you're a CHicago mobstyle pol.
Hillary to SCROTUM.
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