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Obama Is Blowing Court Appointment
Justice Diane P. Wood, Contender for Nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court
by mal contends
Right now millions of Americans should be receiving e-mails from David Plouffe, the 2008 Obama-Biden campaign manager, asking for input, thoughts, and concerns about the pending U.S. Supreme Court appointment.
Selecting the presidential nominee to the Supreme Court is one of the most important powers of the presidency, and the naming and confirmation of a nominee is one of the highest-profile political processes.
The appointment process is also shrouded in secrecy, the ultimate insiders’ game.
This can and should change. President Obama could be changing the rules of the game by opening up the process, seeking public input and scoring high political points in the process.
Instead, we are being treated to business-as-usual: Endless guessing about a prescreened short-list and speculation about how crazy the GOP will go in opposing the nominee.
This is business as usual. And opening up the process would be so easy and reap so many benefits that one feels like grabbing the collective administration and saying, “Guys, get your heads out and get creative!”
It’s not too late, but like last Summer’s appointment of Justice Sonia Maria Sotomayor, President Obama is blowing this opportunity for high innovation and democracy during a political spectacle whomever he chooses.
Nothing new, no changes. Too bad.
Makes one believe that too many insiders and not enough innovative thinkers are running the show in the West Wing. And that would be off-message, guys.
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Posted by Yanira Farray on Apr 13 2010, With 0 Reads, Filed under Politics. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.
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Unfortunately I looked up Diane P. Woods, and found she was instrumental in the 80′s and 90′s with antitrust legislation. Well that is exactly the problem right now. The Sherman Anti trust laws and any antitrust legislation is gone. So much for regulating a merger. Where was this woman then, while telling us Obama has made a mistake not to nominate her?! Mal Contends may be a conservative Malcontent. Also just looking at her eyes in the picture shows wide Left eye, right creative side of the brain with closed right eye, left rational part of the brain. Things you doodle heads should look for. A ‘Two person’ syndrome.Your right brain is the creative side, and more, your left is the rational and more. The opposite eye takes information in from the opposite side of the brain. Both sides mitigate. Shut the Ef up. If you want to get laid, always look a chick in the eyes with your left!
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The only input Obama will listen to on the next SCOTUS appointee is that from Wall Street and AIPAC.
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