Deletion of Barack Obama Supreme Court candidates

Comment: It would be one thing if a page were created for a John McCain or an Al Gore or a John Kerry or a Bob Dole administration, since those presidential administrations will never exist and therefore will never be in power.  However, it's obvious that Barack Obama will be the next president, and it's also obvious that the Supreme Court of the United States is one of the single biggest marks that a president can leave from a legacy standpoint.  (It's not like this article is Barack Obama Secretary of Health and Human Services candidates, for instance.)  And with an 88-year-old justice, another in lousy health and another widely reported to be disgruntled, it's reasonable to expect that a thorough online encyclopedia would contain a thoughtful list of possible candidates, raised solely by experts in a position to know and published in respected news sources with outstanding reporting.  With all due respect, this is hardly "pure speculation."  And there are plenty of reliable sources, including those quoted in these articles who have direct ties to the Obama administration, like Cass Sunstein.  This article easily meets point 1 of , since a Barack Obama Supreme Court vacancy is indisputably notable, and that a Barack Obama Supreme Court vacancy is almost certain to occur during his presidency.  Wikipedia should be prepared for such an occurrence, which is why this article was created.  What an atrocious misapplication of policy
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:FUTURE)

Comment: Just because the media speculates wildly about anything doesn't mean that the subject is suitable for an encyclopedia.  This is just a list of people collected because someone thought that, should Barack Obama have the opportunity to appoint a Supreme Court Justice (which he might not), he might appoint these people (or he might not).  By my reckoning, this violates point 1 of .  There might be some way to retool things to make this article into list of people considered to be potential Obama administration Supreme Court nominees, but even that is sketchy
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:FUTURE)

Comment: If we don't allow speculations by reliable sources, we can't have any articles on any future events.   specifically says that "It is appropriate to report discussion and arguments about the prospects for success of future proposals and projects or whether some development will occur, if discussion is properly referenced."  Quickly looking over this page, I didn't see anything that was unsourced; and if there was, it can easily be removed.  With the many sources that this article has, it's obviously possible to reference the topic of this article, and as such plainly fulfills all our criteria
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:FUTURE)