I was commissioned by my editors at the Prospect to write an article about Diane Wood. While I was polishing it, someone in our comments linked to an excellent Green Greenwald post that used similar sources to reach similar conclusions. Which is a good thing...
Diane Wood
This Charlie Savage article about the politics of Obama's Supreme Court nominations starts off by reminding us that attempting to preempt conservative claims that a Supreme Court nominee is a.
Made by Charlie Savage:Most of the half-dozen or so candidates Mr. Obama is weighing have little by which to gauge whether their appointment might create a majority with greater sympathy.
Jan Crawford Greenburg convincingly speculates that Diane Wood should be considered the frontrunner to be Obama's first Supreme Court nominee. Given the current candidates -- i.e. given that Karlan doesn't seem to be under consideration -- I think this would be my preferred choice too....