[SolidWood]

The problem is the two choices she has to pick from are justices who don't align with her conservative views.

Alaska's judges are selected using the Missouri Plan, which combines election and appointment in choosing the judge. The Alaska Judicial Council selects the nominees from which the governor can then make an appointment. As one conservative Web site explained, "she's boxed in tighter than Florida Gov. Charlie Crist."

A total of six judges applied, but only two were elected by the Judicial Council, Eric Smith, considered very liberal, and Morgan Christen, who is viewed as more of a moderate. Christen and Smith were rated with scores of 4.3 and 4.5 out of a 5 point scale used to elect judges by the council.

The four other nominees scored between 3.7 and 2.4 and were not sent to Palin for consideration.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2184762/posts

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Christen is far from Conservative, but the alternative was apparently very liberal.

[SolidWood]

Christen and Smith

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Governor Palin had to choose between a musk rat and a skunk. She’s probably still holding her nose this morning.

[cookcounty]

3 members of the Alaska Judicial Council are selected by the governor, and 3 by the Alaska Bar Association.

So, if one party packs the Bar Association (as the Dems have already done), they get to control the courts.

[ebiskit]

This is nothing but a well designed execution of part of Alinsky’s plan to use your opponents creed against them.

Be ready for more the same to breed discontent and divide Palin’s support.

She is walking in a perpetual, electoral minefield simply by exercising effective government for the state of Alaska.

Take these words to heart . . .

———— dare to cheat, dare to win ————

. . . this is the one constant you can count on from the marxist opposition.

thaDeetz