Whoever Obama nominates for the SC, the admin will work like hell

[cali]

to frame as a moderate. That's just the way it's played. It's what bushco did with Roberts and Alito. It's what Obama did with Sotomayor. The words are predictable: "Mainstream" "Moderate" "Respected".

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. ....and the response from the right will be predictable, too.

"Radical", "Socialist", "Extreme leftist", "Activist".....

[Smarmie Doofus]

2. That's fine. As long as he/she is a liberal and is younger than 50.....

....... they can frame him/her as a Kandinsky.

[Robb]

3. Quite true.

And while many on DU will spend their days searching for reasons to hate the eventual nominee, I hope they realize their part in the grand scheme of things is to squawk in exactly that manner. All part of the show.

And I thank them in advance.

[KharmaTrain]

4. It's All A Game...

Unfortunately a bloodsport, but a game nonetheless. Remember, Stevens was nominated by Ford, a rushpublican, and wasn't a liberal (some will claim he's an independent...went apolitical when he joined the court (like Souter) and this has been viewed as "liberal") and I suspect this administration has several people in a similar mold to fill that bill. Inversely, Kennedy nominated Byron White who sided with the Conservatives more often than not. Thus there is a "wild card" factor in many of these nominees.

This retirement is far less of a surprise than Souter's, and I am sure this administration was looking at Judge Steven's retirement rather than Souter's and have been planning for this for quite a while. Unfortunately this won't stop the rushpublicans, who, unfortunately, I suspect will try to filibuster this nomination.

[Fumesucker]

5. Too bad they couldn't work like that for a public option.. n/t

[BzaDem]

6. I think they did try to present the public option as moderate for months.

Just because they couldn't force Lieberman to agree doesn't mean they didn't try.

[Fumesucker]

8. The public option would have been seen as more moderate if single payer

Were not taken off the table before negotiations ever started.

[BzaDem]

9. To Lieberman? Seriously?

Lieberman would have changed his views if only Obama pushed for... single payer?

:rofl:

[spanone]

7. it doesn't matter what Obama calls him/her. he's talking to obstructionists one and all.

they will oppose him on every level possible.

they offer nothing but 'no', or as the shrew says, 'hell no'