boy, souter really did hate D.C. he never unpacked.

[cali]

19 years in his D.C. apt and he never unpacked his boxes or hung pictures. Reported in the WP this morning.

[KharmaTrain]

1. That's What Made Him Such A Good Justice...

I'm not sure who was a bigger let down for the GOOPers, John Paul Stevens or Souter. In '87 they tried to ramrod Bork and thought Souter was a stealth Bork. He turned out to be quite the opposite...and thank goodness and thank you, Justice Souter.

He didn't play the beltway games...didn't go to the drinkie-drinkie parties or pal up to the corporate media. I'd like to think of him as a rare independent...called 'em as he saw 'em and wasn't tainted by the money and egos all around.

[rpannier]

2. IMO he only made a handful of crappy decisions

He'll be missed -- at least by me

[WI_DEM]

3. He always gave me the impression of being a typical independent minded New England yankee

I was worreied when Poppy nominated him as I thought he would be a Coolidge in a black robe, but he turned out to be surprisingly liberal on many issues.

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. He is a cool character. The pics of his old house in NH were awesome

Yesterday's Globe had a real interesting piece on Souter and his hometown.

He is a country boy, pure and simple.