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The Washington Post (via anonymous sources) wrote that the short list of potential nominees includes Samuel Alito, J. Michael Luttig, Michael McConnell, Emilio Garza, Priscilla Owen and Edith Jones.
All have previously won Senate confirmation for the federal appellate courts, whose intellectual qualifications would be unquestioned and who have a conservative paper trail. Frankly, I don't see how either party could find objections to any of these nominees without revealing an ideological litmus test is being applied. On what legitimate grounds could the Democrats choose to filibuster a nominee that is obviously well qualified?
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