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Mike S's avatar

Maybe, but would he have gone any less political credit if he had skipped the “I will pick a black woman” part and just nominated (a very highly-qualified) one?

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lee vinocur's avatar

Amen, Mr. Hall. I made the same point after Charlie’s newsletter the other day. Jackson is immensely qualified. It’s an easy political promise to keep and helped get him over the finish line which in turn saved the damn country from a Trump second term.

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Christopher Wood's avatar

I would agree that he had some staffers already working on this beginning in Feb. 2021.

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