Comments on: Gregoire’s next stop?

By: rhp6033

rhp6033 — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:58:52 +0000

I think Gregoire has done a find job in difficult circumstances. I think she’d do fine on either the State of U.S. Supreme Court benches. She might not be interested in the state S.C. because it requires her to run for re-election every term of office, which is a distraction.

And I hate to bring it up, but at age 65 Gregoire may be a bit too old for a U.S. Supreme Court appointment. Those don’t open up every often, and Presidents like to appoint people who will put their (the President’s) stamp on the court for at least thirty years or so. Therefore, President’s usually look at someone in their lower to mid-fifties.

By: Gimme Gimme Gimme

Gimme Gimme Gimme — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:04:07 +0000

If the ethnic things is an issue … how about Castro, the mayor of San Antonio? If I local local, I wold much rather see Ron Sims in that role … the ethnic advantage speaks volumes and he has great political skills.

racism, the progressive way.

By: Richard Pope

Richard Pope — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 06:52:02 +0000

SJ @ 11

There could be an opening at Justice. A lot of talk about Holder leaving, even before this prolonged secret investigation of Petraeus (and his successor general in charge of the Afghanistan war as well). Napolitano is mostly talked of as a Holder successor, but Gregoire is arguably qualified as well.

Interior is a much better match for Gregoire. And far less chance of screwing up critical matters in that position as well. As for Supreme Court, Gregoire would be almost as bad of a mismatch as that woman lawyer from Texas that Bush briefly proposed for the high court.

By: proud leftist

proud leftist — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 06:26:14 +0000

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We surely do. Kennedy will be gone this term, together with any pretense that he was ever moderate. I don’t say that by way of suggesting I don’t think he was judicial. He took his role seriously, unlike Clarence Thomas, but he was never any sort of centrist. Ginsberg, the most liberal on the Court, will retire, hopefully to be replaced by a young, healthy liberal. Those two are gone, for sure. Scalia, though long past retirement age by most standards, is far too partisan to ever retire with a Democrat in office. He will, accordingly, die with a Democrat in office.

By: SJ

SJ — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 05:38:39 +0000

Fanboys of Gregoire

Gregoire is neither a failure nor a grand success .. she is — if the term can be used in a positive sense … a bureaucrat.

The idea of her on the Supreme Court is absurd. Whatever organizational role she had in the Supreme Court Tobacco case, she was hardly an intellectual lead. Her career as AG for WA state is marked with some admin skills but some serious holes in legal skills. I could guess that she might be the white lady who replaced Holder id there were not so many white, catholic lawyer ladies in front of her (Napolitano, Granholm, ???)

As for the rest of the cabinet … I think she is at best a weak choice. She would bring admin skills that one hopes the civil service already has. Her political shekels would be of limited value. Does the cabinet need another white, catholic lady? As for the environment, is Ms. Gregoire noted as a champion of the Sierra Club? Maybe our Mayor would be better choice.

If the ethnic things is an issue … how about Castro, the mayor of San Antonio?

If I local local, I wold much rather see Ron Sims in that role … the ethnic advantage speaks volumes and he has great political skills.

I do think she will go to DC but imagine if she were to get a big job in the cabinet it would
more likely be in Commerce (the secretary from Boeing and Microsoft?) o

By: Bert Chadick

Bert Chadick — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:11:54 +0000

@#9 we need really young healthy liberals for seats on the SCOTUS.

By: Brenda Helverson

Brenda Helverson — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 02:27:42 +0000

@6. Roger Rabbit spews, in part: If Ginsburg doesn’t retire, maybe Scalia should retire to make room for Gregoire. He’s useless and wouldn’t be missed by anyone.

But who would there be to tell Clarence Thomas how to vote?

By: Roger Rabbit

Roger Rabbit — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:08:13 +0000

Gregoire could run for president if she wanted to. I’m not saying she should. I’m just pointing out it’s gonna be 40 years before another Republican wins the White House.

The electoral college math says so. Any Democrat starts out with 253 EVs (NM and NV are now part of the “blue wall”) and all s/he has to do is win 1 swing state — Ohio.

And Republicans are so bad it doesn’t matter who the Democrat is. Even Gregoire could do it. Hell, a D.C. alderman could do it.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/12/politics/blue-wall-democrats-election/index.html?hpt=hp_bn3

By: ArtFart

ArtFart — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:06:56 +0000

@6 Not to mention Thomas…

By: Roger Rabbit

Roger Rabbit — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:53:29 +0000

Why not the state supreme court? She can have Jim Johnson’s seat. Yeah, I know his term expires in 2017, but he owes it to the citizens of Washington to step aside for someone better than he. Or if Johnson refuses to quit in the public interest, maybe Obama should put her on the U.S. Supreme Court to replace Ginsburg. She’s a better lawyer than most of the guys already on SCOTUS. If Ginsburg doesn’t retire, maybe Scalia should retire to make room for Gregoire. He’s useless and wouldn’t be missed by anyone.