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I've heard, um, "speculation" (again, DC style) that
most middle-of-road types of both parties intend that any potential noms
need to
be, well, middle-of-the-road types - they better be somewhere between
Souter and
Roberts, and another Sandra Day O'Connor-type would be OK, but some
half-assed
Ruth Ginsburg-wannabe (I'm not sure even an actual RBG clone would fly)
would
not.

it doesn't take 'inside Washington' types to make that sort of speculation.
That would largely be the expected range of nominees from this President,
and I've heard similar speculation from way outside the Beltway all day.
Tom