[conservative in nyc]

I can tell you for sure that Giuliani’s appointees will be less liberal than any of Hillary!’s. Hillary!’s appointees will be just like her husband’s - another Ginsberg and another Breyer. 0 for 2. No thanks.

At least Giuliani might rely on folks like Ted Olsen to help him make nominations, and most nominees will likely be Republicans, making it more likely that they will be strict constructionists. Hillary! will not.

If (as most of us hope) Fred Thompson enters the race and wins the primary, we ultimately might not need to have this conversation.

[beancounter13]

So you think Rudy MIGHT pick a conservative justice because of Ted Olsen?

I can still recall a post-presidency interview with Bush 41, and the topic being Souter. The elder was obviously distraught in his choice and kept saying that his advisors ASSURED him Souter was the only conversative that would pass the confirmation hearings.

That did a lot of good for us, didn’t it?