An Open Letter to President Obama asks to nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the supreme court.

[midnight]

Mr. President, there is an easy way and a hard way to turn things around. Let’s discuss the easy way; energize your base.

Your base is demonized. We both know why. If you follow this advice to reenergize your base between now and the November elections, the Democratic Party and your reelection will be protected.

First, nominate for the Supreme Court bench either Professor Jonathan Turley or Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.. Either name will scare the shit out of the right. You have the votes to get either man through the conformation process. Professor Erwin Chemerinsky should also be considered. Your base will go wild.

Next, have Nancy Pelosi to send up a bill for limited off-shore drilling and have the house Democrats defeat it. Do the same in the senate. Then tell your base change can happen only when they are involved. You will begin to see those donations come back that dropped off because of healthcare reform. Californians are sensitive to off-shore drilling. This will add 5 points to Senator Boxer’s turnout.

Finally, call on congress to pass Congressman Alan Grayson’s H.R. 4789 Public Option Act bill before the November election. http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/38955

I for one would love to see RFK Jr. nominated to the supreme court.

[onenote]

1. fwiw, this member of the base will not be energized by a turley nomination

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. Turley Argued For Clinton Impeachment

While I admire RFK JR. I don't think he will even be on the long list. I like Lawrence Tribe or Charles Ogletree.

[quiet.american]

3. Speak for yourself. I'm not "demonized." :)

RFK, Jr. - love him, but he would never make it through a confirmation process.

Turley - all I know of him is what I've seen of him on Maddow and Olbermann, and I don't care for him at all.

[Daphne08]

4. Perhaps "midnight" meant to write "demoralized" instead of

demonized. (I can't speak for him/her, but it seems logical to assume that.)

I know I'm certainly demoralized. (Young people today don't even know what a real Democrat is, and that's just sad.)

[quiet.american]

10. Perhaps midnight did mean that, but I'm not that either.

I'm fired up and ready to go! And from the reaction of young people that I've seen when Obama's in the house, they seem more of that, too, than "demoralized." That's just an observation on my part.

[cali]

5. a hearty no thanks to either Turley or RFK Jr.

This is beyond fuckin' stupid.

[jaxx]

6. Sounds like bribes.

If you do this you'll get........

Jeez the arrogance of some writers astounds me.

[dsc]

7. Turley is, believe it or not, a quite conservative legal scholar

He would be a diasterous pick from the liberal perspective.

[saltpoint]

8. I don't expect RFK Jr to be on the short list for the next SCOTUS nomination.

I also don't think he'd be terribly interested in the job. He strikes me as someone who likes moving around a lot, going here and there, visiting river systems and climbing mountains and whatnot.

He's no stay-at-home. The Supreme Court gig would turn his existence into a still life and I'm not seeing him let that happen.

[Brickbat]

9. Sweet bippy, no thanks

And frankly, I'd rather the Supreme Court isn't used to score huge political touchdowns.