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President Bush says, "The list is wide open, which should create some good speculation here in Washington." And on the internet too, I'd guess. By the way, Bill Kristol has an excellent piece in the Weekly Standard:

One understands the attraction of Roberts as chief. But with this action, in one fell swoop, the president deprived himself and his supporters of the easiest argument for his next nominee: that surely a reelected conservative president is entitled to replace a conservative justice --- Rehnquist --- with another conservative. So now everything rides on Bush's nerve. Is he willing to fill the O'Connor seat with a conservative, and can he then make an effective case for that nominee to the Senate and the country?

Here's hoping so.