Tuesday, May 4, 2010

5 Beats 4, Everytime

President Obama is looking for a progressive U.S. Supreme Court candidate to work with conservative justices to craft majorities -- not to vent in dissent.

He wants "'a consensus builder'" who "wins over conservative colleagues" or "crosses the partisan divide," someone "a lot like Obama himself."

So report Christi Parsons and David G. Savage of the LA Times (h/t How Appealing).