nominating

If more folks would participate in nominating and voting for the finalists, I think the Hugos would once again become a very good barometer of the field.

MIND MELD: The Hugo Awards - Success at Picking the Best, How Well it Represents the Genre, 2009 Predictions & Overlooked Titles 2009

A Quinnipiac University survey released Wednesday morning indicates that 53 percent of the public is very or somewhat confident that the president will make the right decision in nominating a justice to the high court, with 46 percent saying they are not too confident or not confident at all when it comes to Obama's decision.

Poll: Majority say Obama will make right choice on nomination 2010

In voting against Roberts, as well as in nominating Sotomayor, Obama explicitly suggested that this was, for him, a paramount criteria.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Kagan and the Cult of Personality 2010

I don't think she comes anywhere close to legislating from the bench as some suggest, but I think she brings the sorely needed empathy that Obama suggested in nominating her for the bench.

No. 3 Republican in the Senate backs Sotomayor 2009

The fact is that Reagan, Bush Sr, and Bush Jr. were quite successful in nominating young stars to the bench.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Epstein for the Supreme Court? 2010

McCain nominating Sarah Palin is the gift for democrats that just keeps on giving.

Plouffe: Palin would be 'catastrophic' as 2012 GOP nominee 2009

On the "loser" side, the Tea Party appears to have saved Democratic control of the Senate, as well as a number of other races, thanks to their success in nominating crazy, unqualified, wildly-outside-the-mainstream people like Christine O'Donnell and Sharron Angle.

Winners and Losers: Election 2010 2010

The website for nominating is hereThe online ballot is here.

IMPORTANT! Major Hugo Announcement frankwu 2010

Take your new wealth, from the book which could never have been written except for that stupid move by McCain nominating you for V-P, and move to Argentina, with the rest of the few Nazis who remain alive.

Palin: We're 'not really into the drama' 2009

I know I sound like a broken record about this, since I say the same thing every year ... but nominating is the most important part of the whole process, IMNSHO.

Hugo Nomination Deadline grrm 2010