[BP2]

Political reasons Obama hates Gerald Walpin (from the Archives):

A Sampling of Pro-Bush Websites
      Sept. 8, 2004  See also Anti-Kerry Websites and Republicans on the Web

Jews for Bush website

Mark Levin, President of the American Freedom Center in Austin, Texas, is Executive Director of Jews for Bush.  The site lists a 14-person board of directors (Phil Aronoff, Edward Blum, Eddy Daniels, David Horowitz, Barbara Ledeen, Seth Leibsohn, Michael Medved, Gary Pollard, Adam Ross, Alan Sager, Rabbi Aryeh Spero, Lee Troy, Gerald Walpin and Ken Weinstein). 

AND a Justice Alito supporter (January 2006):

http://www.law.yale.edu/documents/pdf/AdHill(1).pdf

[jennyjenny]

He also came out in support of Soyotomayor.

[Albion Wilde]

Interesting post. Presumably, Walpin was a holdover from the previous administration?