Above all else we must come together behind someone, even if they have major flaws, because we and our causes cannot survive defeat. This group of Democrats, if empowered, will change the rules and the judges such that our views will not be allowed the light of day for a generation. They are already working harder on criminalizing our speech as 'hate crimes' than they are on the mechanics of normal government. None of the current GOP wannabes, even at their Rhinoest would act to make a subsequent victory by a better conservative impossible, although I sadly must admit some could make such harder. If this Left wins the only ways our ideals of Life, Limited Government, Gun rights, Family values, etc. will be heard again would be after a disastrous meltdown by the left or by exercising the full original intent of the Second Impediment. The Jihadists might win before we could recover either way so we cannot afford failure. At worst we must at least maintain the current, far from perfect, status quo.
Although we stand within a knife's edge of failure we must also remember we are also close to major victories. Judge Stevens can't hold on forever, nor, probably, can Judge Ginsberg. Even if the left filibusters all replacements we'd probably win the court via simple attrition. Gore's temper tantrum and Bush's suicidal "New Tone" kept him from purging the left's leftovers. All our candidates see the consequences of that and none will repeat that mistake. We might have trouble getting some folks confirmed, but we won't have problems firing people. At worst we might have to make do with a smaller government. I can live with that. And if our eventual candidate turns out to be not just "good enough" but actually "good" he just might lead us to a workable majority in both houses of Congress and enough of a mandate to significantly advance our causes. We aren't the only ones within a knife's edge of failure. Within their warped world view, the left was correct to call some of our candidates in Thursday's debate "scary."
“Impediment” = Amendment
Thompson/Gramm...thats the ticket