nominate a black woman to the supreme court was, in fact, kind of the critical final piece securing your endorsement in the run-up to the south carolina primary. that endorsement helped propel biden to the nomination, eventually, of course, becoming president. so, as the white house now confirms that it is considering judge childs, do you, sir, have influence with the president on precisely who will get picked? well, i think there are seven or eight people who have been mentioned. i know some of them, not all. i m sure that all of them are eminently qualified. the ones i know are very, very well qualified. but you know, like i always said, we, as a party, the democratic party, we have to lead the way, especially when it comes to diversity, not just male and female, not just black and white, but also in a regional way. i don t think that these appointments ought to limit
his predecessors, going back decades. of that number, 78% were women. 50% were people of color. and so, you look at the chief of staff, ron klain, he s had 30 years of experience. before ron klain was chief of staff, he was clerk to joe biden and it was ron klain who advised the obama white house for the nominations of elena kagan and sonia sotomayor so when i spoke about the experience this white house has when it comes to supreme court nomination processes, that s what i was speaking about. so this is something the white house feels really good about. of course, me saying this might jinx it for them, who knows, but they do feel like this puts some wind in their sails. 100%. to what degree, though, because as we look at the president s beginning of his second year in office and all these low poll numbers that he is facing, pretty much across the board, do you think this historic supreme court nomination will help improve overall the perception of his presidency? as more information
people by the zip codes that they may live in. you know, ms. childs, zip code is here in the south. her husband is one of the few african americans, gastroenterologist here in south carolina. they have made their life commitment to moving a new south, moving things to a better place in this part of the country, and she has a resume. it will do just that. four degrees from public institutions. she is just all that we need at this particular time when it comes to diversifying the supreme court. well, i know you ve clearly had the president s ear on this. you ve been speaking with him about her, specifically for the last 15 months, which may indeed have propelled him to nominate her for the d.c. court. which that nomination has been
certainly within months. this confirmation process is expected to be kickstarted by the end of february as president biden has said, by the end of february, he expects to make his nomination, make his nominee known, and then senate democrats, i m told, are trying to condense this process and use a timeline, a fairly quick timeline that republicans used to push amy coney barrett s nomination through successfully. so, it does matter a lot, and certainly, i think, the president and for this white house that could have used a political break, they have got one. and here s why. a supreme court confirmation process is really under the control of a white house and the party that controls the senate. right now, that s democrats. and so for the last six months, the president has been dealing with issues outside of his control. covid, inflation, even ukraine, but when it comes to the supreme court nomination process and the confirmation process, largely, this is all within their control, and thi
district court judge, and she got unanimous support of the senate when she was approved or confirmed for that job. so, politically speaking, do you see this as an opportunity, this nomination of a supreme court justice, might that shift momentum within the democratic party as a whole? you re well aware of the year has started with poor polling, we should say, in the senate, and key pieces of the biden agenda remain stalled in the senate, but do you think democrats now feel like there s a kind of wind in their sails with this, and if so, what impact could it have? it would have a positive impact, no question about that. because a lot of people looked aghast when the president made his commitment back it was during the debate, the south carolina debate before the south carolina primary. some people advised him not to do it. publicly, anyway.