San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 20, 2008 by Bob Egelko
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/20/MNES13IOES.DTL&type=printable
UC Berkeley’s Liu said judicial selection might have a tough time competing for a new president’s attention in a period of war abroad and economic convulsions at home. “I don’t think Obama himself would have enough bandwidth to make this a signature issue,” Liu said. “But it’s a good vice presidential project, and who better (for the task) than Joe Biden?”