Obama's Supreme Court nominee expected this week

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will likely announce a nominee within days to replace retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter, Assistant Senate Democratic leader Dick Durbin said on Sunday.

"I've been told it is likely to come this week, but I don't know which day," Durbin told NBC's "Meet the Press" as the president entered a fourth week of considering possibilities.

Senate Republican Whip Jon Kyl, on "Fox News Sunday," admitted his party lacks the votes to block the pending nominee with a procedural hurdle in the Democratic-led Senate.

But Kyl also made clear Obama's pick will face plenty of questions. "Undoubtedly this nominee will be liberal," said Kyl, a conservative.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090524/pl_nm/us_usa_court_1

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1. But unlike Reid the pukes will pull out every dirty trick, proceedural hurdle, and....

stall tactic they can to fight a liberal nominee.
The fact that Alito is on the SCOTUS pisses me off everytime his name is mentioned.

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2. Only Kyl and his ilk will see the choice as "liberal"

and they will probably filibuster. But why would any rational person expect a "liberal" to be named given Obama's other appointments? :hide: