[votelife]

If Bush went to the mat to get his appeals judges confirmed, the left would go crazy and the right might lose some motivation since he's getting the judges, the war is going, he's fine. The media would spin Bush's push for judges in the Dems favor. Better to make it a campaign issue, as long as a Supreme Court Justice doesn't retire.

[KantianBurke]

Umm, not to be rude but what Bush is doing is usually termed "taking advantage of you." You shouldn't be pleased about that. He and his advisors know how much those judges mean to you. Therefore he's maximizing the mileage that he can get out of that request.

The moral thing to do would be to see these judges get their appointments. The immoral but politically wise thing - strategery if you will - is to have your base up in arms as you know they will be i.e. bloody shirt, and make sure the issue quiets any dissention.

[CMAC51]

Better to make it a campaign issue, as long as a Supreme Court Justice doesn't retire.

Actually a retirement this sping probably wouldn't be that bad. It would force the issue into the campaign.