WASHINGTON — Michigan Gov. Jennifer Gran holm, one of President Barack Obama’s candidates for the Supreme Court, will be at the White House today.
An administration official says the Democratic governor is coming to the White House for an unrelated event about auto-emissions standards. It is not clear whether Gran holm will meet with Obama about the upcoming court vacancy.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because details of today’s event have not been announced.
During the daily briefing, reporters asked White House spokesman Robert Gibbs whether Gran holm would interview for the court seat now held by Justice David Souter, who is retiring this summer. Gibbs would not offer a direct answer.
“I think the governor’s primary objective in coming is an announcement we’ll make tomorrow on a different topic,” Gibbs told reporters.
When asked whether a secondary purpose was a court interview, Gibbs was coy: “I feel good about my first answer.”
Granholm is among more than six people Obama is considering for the seat. She is a former federal prosecutor and Michigan attorney general.
