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Originally Posted by bobabode
I dunno Barney, both Scalia and Thomas are candidates for coronaries and/or strokes. There's always hope.  |
In these times, since the process between the executive and legislative remains so dysfunctional and non-productive, the most important reason to have the White House is the President's responsibility for filling empty SCOTUS seats.
There's already been a change in voter demographics. The right realizes it, but doesn't know what to do about it. The only evidence needed to identify this is the fact that the GOP has lost 5 of the last 6 popular Presidential votes. The only reason Bush won the 2004 election was due to Dick Cheney's relentless (and I must admit, brilliant) fear tactics...terrorizing the electorate into believing that we're in for another WTC every 18 months.
Younger voters, aren't buying what the right and the GOP are selling. It's more and more a true pluralistic society. And it's particularly not buying the GOP's basic positions on social issues, women's rights, gay right's, bible study in public school science class, the GOP's relentless theocratic direction, anti-science, anti-school teachers, anti-workers rights, pro-corporate, pro-mega wealthy...and lots of other stuff. Unless there is some unforeseen catastrophe in the Democratic Party...I see no reason for this pattern in Presidential elections to change. And...if the left has the White House, good things happen in the SCOTUS...if the right has the White House, bad things happen in the SCOTUS.
Conservatives can call it "legislating from the bench." Conservatives can call it any fucking moronic thing they like...it matters not to me. But as I see it...since the legislative process is so hamstrung, this is why the Democrats holding the White House is so critical. And recent election results keep me cautiously hopeful that one more Democratic administration puts the SCOTUS where it oughta be, and puts it there for a long time.