NINOMANIA
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:: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 ::
Sotomayor
So, with rubber-stamp strength in the Senate, he goes for a nominee with high enough ethnic oomph and low enough radical negatives to have gotten through even if the opposition were in control.
Hmm. Maybe he knows/thinks he'll get another slot next year (off-year-election politics be darned). Maybe he thinks there's no way 2010 will produce a marginally more Republican Senate, or that 2012 might bring even more extensive changes.
Hmm. Hmm.
David Lat, you were one step too smart for this President!
:: David M. Wagner 10:31 AM [+] ::
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So, with rubber-stamp strength in the Senate, he goes for a nominee with high enough ethnic oomph and low enough radical negatives to have gotten through even if the opposition were in control.
Hmm. Maybe he knows/thinks he'll get another slot next year (off-year-election politics be darned). Maybe he thinks there's no way 2010 will produce a marginally more Republican Senate, or that 2012 might bring even more extensive changes.
Hmm. Hmm.
David Lat, you were one step too smart for this President!
:: David M. Wagner 10:31 AM [+] ::
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