Surprise!

Judge John Roberts is GW's nominee to replace Justice O'Connor on the Supreme Court. The buzz was that it would be Judge Edith Brown Clement of the 5th Circuit. GW surprised everyone by nominating Judge Roberts.

The left my have problems because Roberts is not a woman. The left was adamant that a woman be nominated who would be the "swing vote" to replace O'Connor. Oh, he served as a clerk to Rehnquist. He's argued 39 cases before the SCOTUS (winning 25), so he has a pretty good idea of how the Court thinks (they do? Okay, this is not the time for that!). He was born in Buffalo NY, but raised in the Heartland of Indiana.

He's 50, so he could spend 30 or more years on the Bench. From what GW has said so far, he sounds like a good nomination.

Let's see what the Dems can dig up.