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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-10 01:27 PM
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2. I have no expectations that Obama would appoint liberals
Edited on Fri May-07-10 01:51 PM by KamaAina
however, he would at least not appoint red-meat conservatives in the Roberts/Alito mold. Thus, there would be six moderate/liberal justices and five wingers. All of a sudden, a lot of those 5-4 decisions that go against us would turn into 6-5 in favor.

As for enough Dems going along with it (even if there are enough, after the Chokely debacle in Mass.), that's the whole problem...
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