Jan Crawford has this post at CBS on the SCOTUS watch. She thinks the actual short list is still Kagan, Garland, and Wood, and that "some of the people are on the list as a courtesy or as a nod to one group or another and are not likely to be selected."

As to Sidney Thomas, Crawford writes, "fairly or not, he would be a disappointment to those inside the White House who want a 'sure bet' --- a justice who has a track record as a sparkling intellectual who could go toe to toe with Roberts and Antonin Scalia."