Reruns

Detroit beat the Yanks. Another rerun (from 2007):

What one of the Republican presidential candidates are credible? Romney probably is the best, though crazy things pop up now and again to suggest otherwise, and the betting man would say he is the safe choice. The Daily Show had a tieless Mike Huckabee (I thought that was the Obama look) bit where he dreams about there being duck hunting in heaven. Right. Various sorts pipe in about how no hope Ron Paul sounds good ... being against the war/occupation and all, but elide over the fact he is prolife. This being imho insane on a public policy level leads to problems in my mind.

The Huckabee role is filled by someone else though as it turned out McCain was the best (so to speak) and back in the day would be my "sane Republican" choice a la Huntsman. That is, in 2000, when the alternative was Bush and he didn't develop into an asshole (probably had qualities, but weren't as apparent to me). But, there is a rerun flavor to all of this with the Texas cowboy role (looking even more like Josh Brolin of W fame) included. No wonder people want a wild card like Chris Christie, which sounds like it's Latin for "Chris of Chris."

I included another tidbit about the possibility of justices being in place if there was an election at the time of their appointment:

Stevens was well known as a special prosecutor, had moderate vibes and was pleasing enough generally. Ginsburg looked like a nice Jewish girl and Scalia could have chimed in -- they are friendly. Roberts was a pall bearer for Rehnquist -- come on! Souter also is someone who many would probably trust as a judge.

I think Sotomayor and Kagan would work too. Kagan was picked in part for her personality and ability to make friends in high places while Sotomayor has the great life story and appeal to the Hispanic demo. And, she is from the Bronx, so unlike some other women pols, would be a true Yankee fan. Sorry, Sonia. There's always next year where overpriced hitters will be overmatched by someone named "Fister." That closer has those K-Rod glasses and a feistiness to match, doesn't he? Well, he puts up, that's for sure.