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To: Joe NYC who wrote (249798)	9/7/2005 1:27:05 AM
From: brushwud	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573959

Looks like Bush made a mistake. That O'Connor seat will not be filled for months and months. Looks to me like they weighed their options carefully. First thing is to get an appointee on the court. Roberts has already been subjected to some public attention and no obvious barrier stands in his way. They might've preferred Scalia, but that would mean another batch of confirmation hearings and there really isn't that much difference in being chief justice. Once they win the first confirmation, they have a lot more freedom in choosing the second. The court can get by with eight justices indefinitely.