[wagglebee]

The way I see it, a career prosecutor who is actually a conservative wouldn’t need a committee to help him figure out what to look for in judges.

[SAJ]

This is the political version of a fig leaf shuffle. Giuliani's record on judicial appointments cannot stand the scrutiny of the base, so, as misdirection, he appoints this committee.

While the composition of the committee is certainly legitimately conservative, the candidate is not to be trusted; he can (and will, I've no doubt) nominate whatever judges he fancies, committee recommendations notwithstanding, should he become president.

[xsmommy]

Rudy needs the advisory panel to advise him on what constitutes a conservative....

[KC Burke]

All about building credentials acceptable to conservatives.

This is why he and Mitt had to declare early. First they had to run against the base -- then become conservatives. That takes an extra eight months to even begin to have it believeable by a well-wisher.

Many beltway people are convinced by the media they despise that to be more successful the Republicans must turn away from this "conservatism" thing they flirted with in '64 and adopted in '80.

If they would just be old-style Main Street Republicans they could hold their heads high at he DC area country clubs and better resturants.

[deport]

The way I see it, a career prosecutor who is actually a conservative wouldn’t need a committee to help him figure out what to look for in judges.

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Probably true but that isn’t the purpose as I see it. Rather it is to gain larger acceptance among the GOP populace at large during the primary season. Politicans get groups of advisors together to target special segments of the voting public. I see this as nothing more than that. His overall record and proposed policies should be the basis on which he should be judged.

[WoofDog123]

“The way I see it, a career prosecutor who is actually a conservative wouldn’t need a committee to help him figure out what to look for in judges.
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This has nothing to do with picking judges, and everything to do with trying to be the GOP nominee for president.

[Ben Ficklin]

By picking an judicial advisory panel composed of members of the Federalist Society, Rudy is confirming that he will follow the recent republican tradition of letting the Fed Soc pick republican judicial nominees.

[Clintonfatigued]

“a conservative wouldn’t need a committee to help him figure out what to look for in judges.”

Actually, Presidents Reagan and Bush have had advisors who helped them vet judicial candidates and do background checks to see how suitable they were.

I’m not saying that conservatives should rally around Giuliani for this alone, but the people he’s chosen reflect well on his judgement.