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86. Regarding other diversity, check out the new graphic on the link below

Reply to ProSense (Reply #51)

Thu Feb 6, 2014, 11:29 PM

Feb 2014

Here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/share/judicial-nominations

Pretty awesome

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Elizabeth Warren To Obama: Stop Nominating So Many Corporatists [View all] Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 OP

There she goes again. Just being Elizabeth. Right on. libdem4life Feb 2014 #1

Plus these two asshats he nominated. Ichingcarpenter Feb 2014 #2

Here, ProSense Feb 2014 #10

White wash ...... Ichingcarpenter Feb 2014 #14

Does ProSense Feb 2014 #16

Obama is the greatest thing Ichingcarpenter Feb 2014 #18

Impossible ProSense Feb 2014 #21

I know Aerows Feb 2014 #46

LOL !!! - You Bad !!! WillyT Feb 2014 #55

Exciting!!! ProSense Feb 2014 #57

Stupid comment. ProSense Feb 2014 #56

I'm pretty sure Aerows Feb 2014 #59

You know ProSense Feb 2014 #61

You can claim to be on the court Aerows Feb 2014 #63

Awesome. GoneFishin Feb 2014 #127

President Obama is... RufusTFirefly Feb 2014 #136

He is a man who built the Eiffel Tower out of metal and brawn. UncleMuscles Feb 2014 #145

Obama nominates judges in "balance" of left and right... nikto Feb 2014 #77

Yep. Their idea of fair and balanced is FOX NEWS. Enough said. GoneFishin Feb 2014 #129

Obama should nominate liberal judges. JDPriestly Feb 2014 #31

Senator Warren's ProSense Feb 2014 #34

So theres a plethora of non corporate conservative public interest candidates out there? quakerboy Feb 2014 #81

Here's all ProSense Feb 2014 #82

She is right. We need more public interest attorneys in our courts at both the state and federal JDPriestly Feb 2014 #104

yes, she mentioned ONE merrily Feb 2014 #107

Obama isn't the problem! Aerows Feb 2014 #49

You never really loved him. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #53

He tells me he loves me ... Aerows Feb 2014 #58

"He's not your boyfriend." merrily Feb 2014 #109

Speaking of "white wash" ProSense Feb 2014 #17

The excuses and rationalizations never end. merrily Feb 2014 #110

That's right... ReRe Feb 2014 #13

"whitewash".. really? Cha Feb 2014 #24

or Krugman's increasingly North Korean stuff... MisterP Feb 2014 #105

I wonder what EW thinks of the Sizemore, Hurley, Clinton stuff you posted yesterday? Tarheel_Dem Feb 2014 #3

Doesn't matter. Armstead Feb 2014 #44

Warren is awesome! liberal_at_heart Feb 2014 #4

For sure! BlueJac Feb 2014 #65

Hell Yes! Phlem Feb 2014 #5

Un no she won't.....But it would be good if she had a chance to be your... Armstead Feb 2014 #45

You know it! Phlem Feb 2014 #54

Elizabeth Warren is on the mark. President O, should ask her for some suggestions. Sunlei Feb 2014 #6

I'm afraid that request will fall on deaf ears. ananda Feb 2014 #7

Senator Warren Urges Greater Professional Diversity on Federal Bench ProSense Feb 2014 #8

she really does speak the truth to power heaven05 Feb 2014 #9

But she is NOT running for you-know-what, and has in fact already endorsed you-know-who. Scuba Feb 2014 #11

I think we need her where she is. Rider3 Feb 2014 #22

Sure, Senator from Mass has far more influence than the Oval Office. Yeah, that's the ticket. Scuba Feb 2014 #23

I still don't give up hope sadoldgirl Feb 2014 #25

Instructions here dreamnightwind Feb 2014 #66

Seriously... blue14u Feb 2014 #71

Third Way Dems want the corporatist candidate, and they're vocal about it. Scuba Feb 2014 #73

I couldn't agree more Scuba. blue14u Feb 2014 #75

"Enchanted" interesting. sheshe2 Feb 2014 #95

I don't. zeemike Feb 2014 #27

In 2016, Warren will be 67; Clinton will be 69; O'Malley will be 53. Divernan Feb 2014 #64

Thanks for that info dreamnightwind Feb 2014 #68

A spending reduction on the MIC would be great, though. Divernan Feb 2014 #69

You can say that again, prisons and police too - eom dreamnightwind Feb 2014 #72

Warren-O'Malley Aerows Feb 2014 #138

I think if she was blue14u Feb 2014 #70

She has not said she will run. But I believe she could be drafted. JDPriestly Feb 2014 #36

The best President would be one dragged kicking and screaming into the job.. SomethingFishy Feb 2014 #41

I don't think Hillary can win, and I think we lose if she does win. I like Elizabeth a lot .... Scuba Feb 2014 #60

Even if Clinton wins against the GOP we lose when more legislation like the TPP passes... cascadiance Feb 2014 #85

Hillary is NOT a progressive, that's for sure. Scuba Feb 2014 #120

If she were President, she would still have the same problems Obama has treestar Feb 2014 #122

Yes, but she's shown a willingness to use some tools he has not. Scuba Feb 2014 #124

Baloney treestar Feb 2014 #126

Why hasn't the President tried appealing to the People? Why are his appointments mostly Repukes? Scuba Feb 2014 #128

thank you G_j Feb 2014 #12

Cannot recommend this enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! mrsadm Feb 2014 #15

Senator Warren seems not to have come to grips with the fact that those who will best represent indepat Feb 2014 #19

Seems like... Rider3 Feb 2014 #20

Listen to her President Obama. LeftOfWest Feb 2014 #26

Wish more people would notice. Octafish Feb 2014 #28

PREACH IT, SISTER Skittles Feb 2014 #29

That's what he's there for. PeteSelman Feb 2014 #30

She'll definitely beat him in the 2016 primaries. JoePhilly Feb 2014 #32

A remarkably difficult woman n/t Fumesucker Feb 2014 #33

This is the second time Warren has tried to put the blame on Pres Obama instead of the Senators... Tx4obama Feb 2014 #35

No, ProSense Feb 2014 #37

Here is what I'm talking about.. Tx4obama Feb 2014 #40

Since the Senators give the President names, does that mean he has to accept them? neverforget Feb 2014 #43

Bush ignored the list once and all hell broke out. He withdrew the district judge nomination, and... Tx4obama Feb 2014 #47

You know, ProSense Feb 2014 #51

Even though the confirmation 'cloture' rules have changed all the other rules have not... Tx4obama Feb 2014 #52

An important excerpt... Tx4obama Feb 2014 #84

Regarding other diversity, check out the new graphic on the link below Tx4obama Feb 2014 #86

Come-on Tx we got room on board...chooo chooo. Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #38

Obama is cool. That is one of his best qualities. JDPriestly Feb 2014 #42

Even If She Got In For Future Runs, And To Pull The Debate To The Left... WillyT Feb 2014 #62

The Senators are nominating judges now? Doctor_J Feb 2014 #78

U.S. Senators submit lists of names to the president... Tx4obama Feb 2014 #80

"Seventy-one percent of the judges he nominated primarily represented corporate interests." morningfog Feb 2014 #88

See excerpt in Comment #84 Tx4obama Feb 2014 #89

I can't see a Comment #84. morningfog Feb 2014 #90

Here's a copy below... Tx4obama Feb 2014 #91

Very little to be excited by there. morningfog Feb 2014 #93

Blame the US Senators, they're the ones that submit the list of names to the president to pick from Tx4obama Feb 2014 #94

Do you have a list of the names submitted? morningfog Feb 2014 #96

For each district court seat vacancy the two US senators from that state submit a list to ... Tx4obama Feb 2014 #98

I understand that. morningfog Feb 2014 #100

Obviously, it's time to change the tradition. merrily Feb 2014 #114

Do you have a link to the Appellate judge tradition? morningfog Feb 2014 #97

Regarding the Circuit Courts of Appeals Tx4obama Feb 2014 #101

My understanding is the WH has more control over Appellate level than that. morningfog Feb 2014 #102

Probably more control at the Circuit level, but not at the district court level... Tx4obama Feb 2014 #103

In your opinion, what would happen if he said no one on the list merrily Feb 2014 #116

And he really called them out for doing it didn't he? Took it public? LOL n-t Logical Feb 2014 #92

Wooohoo! 2naSalit Feb 2014 #39

YAY!! YAY!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2014 #48

That woman is just full of smart ideas. Autumn Feb 2014 #50

I would certainly like to see her in a position of appointing judges. NorthCarolina Feb 2014 #67

Does anyone think about blue14u Feb 2014 #74

She is right, especially in his second term lostincalifornia Feb 2014 #76

The president is a corporatist "Moderate Republican" in his words, and his second Doctor_J Feb 2014 #79

He is no republican. You do realize he is for the the minimum wage increase. He is also pro-choice lostincalifornia Feb 2014 #111

The quote is,"Back in the 80s I'd be considered a Moderate Republican". bvar22 Feb 2014 #137

ok, thanks for the link. I don't agree with Obama on that characterization either though. Reagan lostincalifornia Feb 2014 #139

Obama did not get us out of Iraq. merrily Feb 2014 #144

Also, DADT and DOMA are gone. But Republicans want gays to be purged from the GOP. See below Tx4obama Feb 2014 #147

The term where he doesn't have to worry about re-election? merrily Feb 2014 #108

Understood. They really should have gotten rid of the filibuster in his first term, but lostincalifornia Feb 2014 #112

The filibuster made him nominate Rahm, Gates, Geithner et al? merrily Feb 2014 #113

Good point. The question is would he have appointed more progressives if he had a simple majority lostincalifornia Feb 2014 #115

He was newly elected in a time when the people were very panicked merrily Feb 2014 #140

It might have been suicidal, but that is not necessarily their perspective. In fact there was a lostincalifornia Feb 2014 #141

I know, but spewing and calling for are merrily Feb 2014 #142

yup lostincalifornia Feb 2014 #146

Wow! another_liberal Feb 2014 #83

See Comment #84 Tx4obama Feb 2014 #87

That is certainly a valid point. another_liberal Feb 2014 #119

Senator CallmeJoe Feb 2014 #99

Obama oughta know, as he once worked for the NY Public Interest Research Group. alp227 Feb 2014 #106

Sound advice. nt DLevine Feb 2014 #117

K&R/ Thank you Senator Warren. myrna minx Feb 2014 #118

They are to follow the law no matter who they are treestar Feb 2014 #121

By now she must know she is being used to undermine the President treestar Feb 2014 #123

Here: ProSense Feb 2014 #125

Just as I expected ProSense Feb 2014 #130

K & R a thousand times... Hun Joro Feb 2014 #131

K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Feb 2014 #132

If people don't want corporate rule, perhaps they should stop helping them achieve it. raouldukelives Feb 2014 #133

AFJ: Tell your Senators: Please vote for all 29 pending judicial nominees NOW ProSense Feb 2014 #134

I would like to shake Ms. Warren's hand. I hope she keeps it up. N/T Paper Roses Feb 2014 #135

+1 warrant46 Feb 2014 #143