Seriously, if it's Kerry, his voting records is MORE liberal than Kennedy, and as for Edwards, the trial lawyer.........well......you can only guess.
Federal District Judges. The Homo marriages are being played out in State Courts.
If you think what's happening in SF is something wait until a democrat starts appointing higher court judges who will put these guys to shame.
So, if the Liberal Elite (that's the people who are really in charge, not the figureheads that appear to be) want someone to be appointed all they have to do is appear to be pushing someone far more liberal and conservatives will rally to the support of the one the Elite really want appointed because he is not as bad as the one being publicly promoted? Interesting. It's an old, and quite effective, negotiation strategy called good cop/bad cop. It's also called the lesser of evils sstrategy. Conservatives seem to be particularly vulnerable to it.