Now this is getting absurd. After Loretta Lynch dropped out of consideration last night, CNN reports today that 11th Circuit Judge Adalberto Jordan has withdrawn his name from SCOTUS consideration, making him now the SIXTH potential nominee to do so: Adalberto Jordan, a federal judge in Miami seen as a top contender for the Supreme Court vacancy, has withdrawn his name from contention, a lawmaker told CNN on Wednesday.
Those joining Jordan and Lynch in saying “no thanks” to Obama on SCOTUS in last few weeks include Senator Cory Booker, California Attorney General Kamala Harris, Senator Amy Klobuchar, and Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval. It’s no surprise everyone is backing away from this mission, as Marc Thiessen wrote in The Washington Post last week:

















