Decision ‘08

SCOTUS Time Tomorrow?

President Bush may play a trick or give out a treat, but Erick-Woods Erickson is reporting at Red State that, in all likelihood, Samuel A. Alito, Jr., will be named the next Supreme Court nominee. Obviously a choice that will be far more popular with conservatives than Harriet Miers, if true…

UPDATE 9:36 p.m.: The Washington Post also says the pick will likely come tomorrow, and will likely be Alito:

President Bush appears poised to announce a new Supreme Court nomination today, moving quickly after a weekend of consultations to put forward a replacement for the ill-fated choice of Harriet Miers in hopes of recapturing political momentum, according to Republicans close to the White House.

Judging by the names the White House floated by political allies in recent days, Bush seems ready to pick a candidate with a long track record of conservative jurisprudence — one who would mollify the Republican base, whose opposition to Miers’s nomination helped scuttle her chances. Several GOP strategists said the most likely choice seemed to be federal appeals judge Samuel A. Alito Jr., with judges J. Michael Luttig and Alice M. Batchelder also in the running.