OH, NO, NO, NO - AT 3:01 P.M. ET: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has spoken on the subject of President Obama's Supreme Court pick:

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he hopes President Barack Obama will make an unconventional choice for a Supreme Court justice to succeed Justice David Souter.

Why? 

He said he hopes Obama goes outside the existing legal system and finds a former governor or senator, or someone who has ''real life experiences.''

You mean judges don't have "real life experiences"?  Did they go to school?  Do they know from supermarkets?  Get married?  Have kids?  Drive cars?  What kind of experiences is Harry talking about?

And get this one:

Reid said that ''I feel comfortable that his choice will be as good as his Cabinet choices.''

In other words, a justice with tax problems.

May 5, 2009