TALKLEFT: Bush May Announce Supreme Court Pick Friday

CNN reports that President Bush may announce his nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on Friday - the day after the Senate votes to confirm John Roberts as Chief Justice.

Reading between the lines of what sources tell CNN:

* It will be a woman or a minority
* It will not be an extremist like Priscilla Owen, or Janice Rogers Brown or even conservative Edith Clement
* It could be former Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson

I would add to the list of possible nominees: 9th Circuit Judge Consuelo Callahan. Like 5th Circuit Judge Ed Prado, she was put on the Court by Bush - and overwhelmingly supported by Democrats on the Judicary Committee.