It looks likely CuriousGeorge BushMonkey is gonna blow his first Supreme pick.

From Yahoo!News:

President Bush settled on a nominee for the Supreme Court on Tuesday and the White House made arrangements for a nationally televised prime time announcement. "I'll let you know when I'm ready," he said at a midday news conference where he declined to tip his hand.

That only intensified speculation on his choice for the first opening on the court in more than a decade and a replacement for Justice
Sandra Day O'Connor.

The announcement was set for 9 p.m. EDT from the East Room of the White House. The nominee's family was expected to be with Bush and the candidate.

One list that circulated was top-heavy with the names of women. Judge Edith Clement of the U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans was among them. Another female candidate thought to have been under consideration was Edith Hollan Jones, who also serves on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.

Bush said he had considered "a variety of people, people from different walks of life."

The idea of a "woman's seat" on the court is un-American as well as an insult to women, men, and even hermaphrodites. Selecting a Supreme Court justice using genitalia as a criterion is contrary to Mr. Bush's public words on the subject.

Judge Clement, in her testimony before the Senate during her confirmation hearings for elevation to the 5th Circuit, said Roe v. Wade is sacrosanct. This too flies in the face of the president's stated goal of putting judges who respect the rule of law on the court.

Do not be surprised if Judge Clement turns out to be another Kennedy or Souter.

If her name is a smokescreen, bravo Karl Rove. But I am not going to hold my breath on this one, girls and boys.