To: TruthHound
Romney the pro-gay, pro-abortion, anti-gun liberal from Massachusetts WILL appoint liberal/unknown justices.
Don’t kid yourself.
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09/12/2011 4:58:43 PM PDT by
xzins
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To: xzins
Romney the pro-gay, pro-abortion, anti-gun liberal from Massachusetts WILL appoint liberal/unknown justices.
I'm not a Romney fan (but still undecided on a GOP choice), but I really doubt the above. A President Romney will still need to work with Conservatives activists and leaders, including Senators like Demint and Toomey, in an environment dominated by groups like the Tea Party. If he wants to be a success, have a second term and a legacy, he won't be able to afford to move outside a fairly inflexible set of constraints defined by the Conservative Wing of the GOP.
The next two Presidential terms will likely see the retirement or death of Scalia (solid Originalist), Kennedy (moderate/swing) and Ginsburg (solid statist). Even if there's a chance that a President Romney would appoint Liberals to their positions, that chance is MUCH less than the absolute certainty that President Obama will.
On that alone, if he gets the nomination he'll definitely get my vote.
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