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I get his intention, and it does make a lot of sense, but it is crucially important to note that, if this went through, it would be a veritable double-edged sword. It depends on what one believes the aggregate trend in the country is. If one believes the country is becoming more conservative, then by all means go ahead and do it this way. However, if one believes (as I do) that the country is getting more Liberal, then this is something that would not be a net positive for us.

I personally think the country is getting more Liberal. Think of it - 10 (ten) years ago gay marriage was a taboo subject (and some years before that people like Ellen got shunned for coming out). Nowadays, comic book characters are portrayed as gay, and there are even adverts showing gay couples. That is just using one measure, but it shows how things have shifted. Goodness, if JFK rose and ran today he'd be too conservative for most GOP voters!

Anyway, to recap I get what the good Senator is proposing. I just think it is something that makes sense when one assumes that we will have a conservative administration in (near) perpetuity, and that the general electorate will remain mostly conservative. If that assumption is wrong, then it is a major mistake and could cost us severely (be it on gun rights, freedom of speech for those who don't agree with Liberal tenets, abortion, etc).

I'll say the same thing I said when almost 2 decades ago a Republican Administration proposed the Patriot Act. Simply put, 'don't assume Republicans will always be in power.'

How Obama Denied Conservative Judges a Vote

".............Obama not only seeks to break the laws of the land, to make his own laws and then to demand that everyone abide by them, but he also wants a double standard in which these unique powers that he has claimed will be exclusive to his political movement. That goes beyond putting party ahead of country. It is the wholesale replacement of country with party and party with totalitarian ideology.

When he fought conservative judges based purely on ideology, Obama put party ahead of country. His judicial nominees were unqualified radicals who were manifestly hostile to the Constitution and put party ahead of country on the Supreme Court. Now Obama pleads with Republicans to put country ahead of party even while he schemes to once again find a way to put party ahead of country."......