2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHillary Clinton on Nominating Obama to the Supreme Court: ‘Great Idea’
Laughing with apparent delight as the audience cheered, Mrs. Clinton said: Wow, what a great idea. Nobody has ever suggested that to me. Wow. I love that.
She then repeated wow again, as if giving herself an extra second to think of a good answer, considering that she has been praising Mr. Obamas agenda and leadership repeatedly on the campaign trail recently.
He may have a few other things to do, but I tell you, thats a great idea, Mrs. Clinton said not quite committing but certainly not dismissing the notion.
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/01/26/hillary-clinton-on-nominating-obama-to-the-supreme-court-great-idea/
elias49
(4,259 posts)"I never thought of that!"
still_one
(92,492 posts)safeinOhio
(32,744 posts)I'd love to see Mike Papantonio after that.
Eric J in MN
(35,619 posts)Bill Clinton has done a lot of Democratic fundraisers, as Hillary Clinton knows.
Hillary Clinton was being nice to the attendee who asked the question, which is fine.
But when Hillary Clinton said Obama "may have a few other things to do" she meant that Obama will be needed for fundraisers.
MBS
(9,688 posts). . that he wants to be more in the active arena. .
no source, but I remember seeing a video or a quote in an article several months ago
On the one hand, he would be a fantastic justice.
On the other hand, I see him (and want to see him) as an activist, out in the wider world, lending his voice to many issues.
I certainly hope that we will hear much more from him post-presidency.
BTW, although I have very mixed/complicated feelings about Hillary, I do have confidence in one thing: that she would make good choices for SCOTUS.
Eric J in MN
(35,619 posts)There are liberal judges who aren't good public speakers who are as qualified as Obama to be on the Supreme Court.
MBS
(9,688 posts)Vattel
(9,289 posts)and as president he has expanded executive power beyond its constitutional limits. He is too policy-oriented. He sees the law as a tool to be used to achieve policy goals or an obstacle to policy goals that must be overcome. He has no experience on the bench and no constitutional scholarship on his resume, and he has shown too much disrespect for the law to be trusted with its interpretation. We need someone on the bench who will protect the rights of individuals against the government. I don't see Obama in that role.