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John Kerry, of course, had to include the word "test" ..in his response, (as if we cared)...

" “This is no small test,” Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., said. “The president has the power to unite the country with a nominee who puts the Constitution first, or divide the country and reshape the court with a nominee outside the ideological mainstream.” "

http://www.lowellsun.com/front/ci_2836694

“The president has the power to unite the country with a nominee who puts the Constitution first, or divide the country and reshape the court with a nominee outside the ideological mainstream.” "

NOTHING the PRESIDENT does, or will do, will unite the country, because the communist/anti-American/demonRATS will not allow the country to be united.

If we wanted this dolt's opinion he would be in the WH. President Bush has consistently said we need judges that will strictly interpret the Constitution, not legislate from the bench. So, why is he mimicking the PRESIDENT'S own words?

What does this idiot know about the mainstream? He lives in his own world. The only way the communist/anti-American/demonRATS would be happy with President Bush, is if he did exactly as he is instructed to do by the communist/anti-American/demonRATS.

This is hyperbole in that Kerry is attempting to say that his views are part of the ideological mainstream when the record shows that he is far left in his positions (votes). Kerry, et al, cannot be allowed to define the mainstream and then take exception to someone who does not conform to their definition. He can be the judge or he can be the jury, but he can't be both.

" “This is no small test,” Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., said. “The president has the power to unite the country with a nominee who puts the Constitution first, or divide the country and reshape the court with a nominee outside the ideological mainstream.” "

This is a curious argument JFK III makes. (I believe he has just failed his small test.) A pre-law student should know better than that. Contrary to his suggestion, the Constitution was never meant to follow the ideological mainstream, the fadish idea of what is right today. It is about predictability of process, not predictability of results. I could probably justify Facism and Mercantilism and free beer on Fridays in searching through the penumbras and emanations coming out of the Constitution. The Court is not the agency that should manage policy.

The legislature represents the people and their varied ideologies. The executive represents the operation of the government. The judiciary represents the basic rule set contained in the Constitution (as amended). To do anything other than to err on the side of the words of the founders or those words since properly adopted is the real extremism.

"...a nominee who puts the Constitution first, or divide the country and reshape the court with a nominee outside the ideological mainstream.”

What F'in is neglecting to mention is that in Lib-world anyone who puts the Constitution first IS outside the ideological mainstream!!!

“This is no small test,” Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., said. “The president has the power to unite the country with a nominee who puts the Constitution first, or divide the country and reshape the court with a nominee outside the ideological mainstream.”

How true. Strange to hear words like this coming from Kerry. OTOH, he probably wasn't thinking "someone like Scalia" when he was quoted. If Bush wants to divide the country all he has to do is nominate someone who the Dems won't filibuster. That is the acid test of his Presidency. Now is not the time to go wobbly. We want another Scalia or two or three. Nothing else will do.