Posted on 10/24/2008 10:16:26 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
There’s always the chance he botches the appointment and puts up a reverse Souter.
Oh, I have no doubt that Souter is waiting for a Dem. He’s that pathetic.
Stevens was also appointed by a republican, but despite his significant age, he stayed on during both Bush terms. I’m sure he’ll step down if Obama gets in there.
How is McCain supposed to get conservative judicial nominees through a heavily DemocRat/Socialist Congress?
Minority or Regional Candidate that is supremely qualified. Bush attempted to appoint a brilliant honduran to the district circuits. The democrats filibustered the crap out of it because that guy would be next in line under a republican presidency and there would be no way the democrats can vote against a brilliant hispanic jurist.
Heck, Roberts would be unassailable even with the majorities in congress. Noone’s been borked in a long, long time.
The situation is not as bad as it looks. If we can hold Obama to 1 term, he might only get 1 SCOTUS appointment.
We blew the appeals courts, but not much can be done now.
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