1.   But to do so, it would have to name the nominee this summer rather than wait as planned for an electronic town hall style meeting after Labor Day.

2.   Flinn would not name the nominee but said the committee vote on the candidate was almost unanimous.

3.   If Cooley were to step down after the primary, the party could name a nominee.

4.   In fact, Clinton had left some judgeships unfilled for as long as three and four years before ever naming a nominee.

5.   The nominees were named by Clinton in February in a package that were expected to sail through the Senate with only minimal opposition.

6.   One Duma leader said he thought it was a positive sign that Yeltsin was not immediately naming a nominee.

7.   That move came a day after they named Speight nominee Ratu Josefa Iloilo president.