Oh Barry wrote:
Agip, let's be real. Obama will nominate a leftist judge. That someone will b excited to vote along with the lefties already there: Ginsburg, Sotomayor and Kagan. The GOP will only accept a nominee who is similar to an Anthony Kennedy, at worst.
I don't see Obama submitting a moderate, no way, no how. He won't do it because this is his dream opportunity to shift the Supreme Court to the left for the next 20-30 years. The GOP Senate will not accept a leftist judge and will do everything in their power to prevent that. This will be a war.
we shall see
definitions are always difficult of course - like someone else wrote, Roberts is considered leftist by many republicans now.
but I don't think Obama will make a deliberately confrontational pick. That's not his style nor is it his belief.
no matter who he picks, the crazy gop will immediately say the nominee is basically che guevera in robes.