The case they [the justices] thought they had may not be the case they have now.

Given the Cheney precedent and the president's well-known loyalty to his aides, it's certainly possible the president could turn to Harriet.

She's a very able lawyer who is the person currently charged with carrying forward the president's search for judicial conservatives, so she certainly understands what the president looks for in his nominees. I suspect she'd be confirmed quite easily.

The overall lesson of the two nominations taken together is that there is considerable safety in drawing from the very small pool of people who are universally considered qualified for appointment.

They're probably going to turn back to the Roberts model.

My own view is that we probably will not get any of the individuals who are the very top of the Democrats' hit list, ... I think he's going to try to repeat his experience with John Roberts ? someone who can be confirmed without touching off battle royale.