AP is reporting that, according to unnamed sources in the Obama administration, Gov. Jennifer Granholm is on the short list of six names to be the nominee to replace Justice David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Among those under consideration are Solicitor General Elena Kagan, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and U.S. Appeals Court judges Sonia Sotomayor and Diane Pamela Wood. California Supreme Court Justice Carlos Moreno is also under review by Obama.

Sources familiar with Obama’s deliberations confirmed the names to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because no candidates have been revealed by the White House. The confirmation amounts to the first time any name has been directly tied to Obama.

Obama has said that he may look outside the federal bench for a nominee with more diverse life experience, but I’ll still be shocked if Granholm gets this nomination. I still think Sotomayor is the odds on favorite.