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Thanks for the ping and post, BP2.

Freepers, this was not unexpected. The SCOTUS knows that the Wrotnowski case argues the same points. They know the Keyes case has standing and is approaching. They know every day our soon-to-be president-elect disenfranchise more and more of the Obamabots with his actions. The love affair wanes. Time is on the SCOTUS Justices' side (up to the point of swearing in at the inauguration). They know it and can use it.

I know that each of us would have preferred a strong message be sent now, as that is what we believe the strength, courage, and conviction of the Framers would have *demanded*. I wanted that to happen now -- but that is *my* bias. The SCOTUS Justices have their own bias. The case was put before each of them. Now put yourself in their shoes. Without a Supreme Court Justice like John Jay present to light the fire in your belly, what would you do?

I'd table it. Without a word. Without a comment. I'd give the world nothing that might hint at a bias. Then I'd do the research. I'd read ... a lot. I'd have a few quiet conversations. And when the next case, that I know is coming, presents itself I won't be caught off guard. I will know the details. I will have a beautifully written statement prepared. I will be ready.

This is not the set-back the Obamabots would like us to believe it is. It is the SCOTUS doing what they do best -- not going off half-cocked -- knowing the answer even before the question is officially and fully raised. I believe this issue is worthy of going off half-cocked; I believe the Framers would agree with me. The SCOTUS does not. And, like a level-headed chess player, they will play the moves ahead.

Don't let up now, FRiends. This is not an "ignorable" issue and I believe whole-heartedly that the SCOTUS feels the same. Pandora's Box must not be opened. As BP2 indicated, Donofrio has slid back into the formation behind Wrotnowski. Keyes is ready in the wings behind him. Even if the answer given is not the one we want, this question must not be left unanswered.

At this minute: Sean Hannity trying to raise passions about Obama staffer fondling a cardboard photo cut-out of Hillary. World shaking!

I like your train of thought, and hope, for the sake of our country, that you are right.