Damn, I seriously hadn't contemplated this issue. Not that the election isn't important, but since you never really hear the weasels on MSNBCBSABCNN discuss important issues, this one slips by me: the SupCt controls all this stuff.
And there really is all that power in this election, since it seems all but certain that the Senate will try the nuclear option next session and that Presidential judicial appointments will then be at least voted on. And after the old farts retire, one hopes there will be a genuine attempt to replace them with conservatives.
I would agree. Notice I said Leader of the COUNTRY THAT CONTROLS. The leader affects (by choice of SCJustices) and the people affect by voting. The country as a whole affects all these things, and mostly, as the PRESIDENT goes, so goes the country. Bill clinton was successful in doing all kinds of things that the President normally doesn't have the single vote in. TINK ABOWD IT!