Should President Obama nominate 55-yr old Sen Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) to the USSC ASAP?

[ProgressiveEconomist]

Before the death of USSC Justice Antonin Scalia, Sen Klobuchar already had been mentioned as s possible future Supreme Court appointee (see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Klobuchar).

Like Antonin Scalia, whom Ronald Reagan elevated to the USSC in 1986, she has the potential to shape the direction of the Court's rulings for a generation. 

She is an accomplished and determined progressive, with only slightly different issue positions compared to Paul Wellstone and her better known sitting Minnesota colleague Al Franken.

Since she is one of twenty female sitting US Senators, she'd be relatively more difficult for Senate Republicans to obstruct than anyone from outside their exclusive club. Can you think of a better candidate among sitting Senators? Among young past Senators? 

Would her appointment hurt Democratic chances to take over the Senate in November? If so, if she has not been confirmed by mid-October, could her name still be on the ballot, so she still CPUs withdraw from her appointment and run for re-election?

[Bjorn Against]

1. I think she is very likely to be the pick.

She is not my choice, but she is one of the safest choices. She is nobody to get excited about, but I do think she would be a fair justice.

[chillfactor]

2. either Amy or Elizabeth n/t

[craigmatic]

3. No we need those 2 in the senate. Obama has appointed more than enough liberals to the federal court

to have enough good candidates.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

4. Did you get to the very end

of my OP? I anticipated your concern there.

[craigmatic]

5. Yeah I still like them better as senators. We need a black male or female on the court.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

7. Only 2 of AK's Senate

colleagues fit that description: Tim Scott (R-SC) and Corey Booker (D-NJ). IMO a sitting Senate colleague has the best chance of conformation compared to anyone outside that exclusive club. What do you think of Booker, former Mayor of Newark?

[leanforward]

6. I will support the good Senator.

I've had the opportunity to meet the Senator when she was a prosecutor. She is an attorney and would complement the USC. Besides, Minnesota is a blue state and quite possibly, would elect another democrat. She has worked the law.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

8. Is MN a state where the governor

gets to appoint a replacement until the next election?

When does Mark Dayton's (D) term end?

Would a special election for a permanent Klobuchar replacement need to be held before 2018?

How long could it be stalled?

DUer saltpoint raised thefirst of these questions in another GDP thread, at

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141348418#post19