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Even before President Obama announced D.C. appeals court judge Merrick Garland would be his nominee for the Supreme Court on Wednesday, ABC’s Good Morning America and CBS This Morning both hailed Garland as a “moderate” leading contender for the nod.
On GMA, correspondent Terry Moran proclaimed: “The short list, the frontrunners down to three....Merrick Garland, 63 years old, older than most, he’s the chief judge of the appeals court here, long seen as a moderate.”