vast majority don’t want that?

Polling report is overwhelmed with Miers stuff, but buried in there you’ll see poll numbers showing that only about a third of those polled want the court to become “more conservative” than it currently is. So maybe two-thirds isn’t a “vast majority,” but it’s certainly a solid one. And something like 31% of the country is concerned that Bush’s nominees are “too conservative” as opposed to 10% who say “not conservative enough.”

A fine example of where “conservative” jurisprudence would be unpopular concerns the “so-called” (according to judicial conservatives, anyway) right to privacy:

Although Roe has provoked a 32-year debate over privacy and reproductive behavior, there is no polarization about privacy in general. Americans not only value it, they prefer it to other rights more clearly protected in the Constitution.

And the term “vast majority” may actually apply in that case:

Ask people about personal privacy, and most will see it as a top priority and a fundamental right. The last time a question of that sort was asked in a poll by Opinion Research for USA Weekend, an overwhelming 88% said they are concerned about their privacy and consider protecting it important.

there was one I read who said that from the beginning.

Cindy Sheehan refuses to shut up.

Depends on turnout. I also think that doddering old “Sheets” Byrd of WVa is very vulnerable.

Either way, I think we both agree that talk of a Democrat takeover is pure partisan fantasy.

I started with Bush 41 when he morphed into a Clintonesque, apolitical hermaphrodite.

I am concerned about the Senate open seats, but I haven’t started watching them closely yet.

I am hopeful about getting a conservator successor to O”Connor, but it kind of puts me on pins and needles.

FWIW, whenever I disagree with any of my brethren (like you guys), I do so respectfully.

Let’s hope that we get a good one real soon to rally around.

My pick would be JRB.

vast majority don’t want that? I’ll need a cite for that. I’d almost buy majority but not ‘vast’ majority.

If they let us down, it’s our doom (and theirs too).

That’s a bit much, don’t you think? Your worst-case scenario here is a continuation of the status quo, and while there may be things you don’t like about the status quo, I’d hardly call your life worthy of doom and gloom.

And this highlights another point of disagreement for us. You seem to think that the Republicans are getting beat up because they’re not really all that conservative, whereas I think that’s how they got control in the first place. They pretended to be liberal on just enough issues (think fancy environmentalist names like “Clear Skies” and “Healthy Forests”), and actually were liberal on others (think prescription benefit in Medicare) to get and hold power.

The truth is, when push comes to shove, the vast majority of Americans don’t want the type of strict constitutional interpretation that judicial conservatives advocate. It’s a good issue for rallying a vocal minority, but I think they know if they actually did it, once the rulings started coming down, the backlash would be huge.

Just curious, which of these seats do you suppose are in play? I can see Conrad (D-ND) and Ben Nelson (D-NE), and maybe Jeffords (I-VT) or Dayton (D-MN), but that’s about it. And on the other side, you’ve probably got Santorum (R-PA), and Chafee (R-RI) vulnerable, and maybe Talent (R-MO). I just don’t see all that much if any shift of power in the Senate in 2006.

Few people are half as conservative as I am, but I think that the conservatives completely blew what would have turned out to be the appointment of a very conservative justice.

If any of the conservative stalwarts get bounced because Senators McCain, Chafee, Hagel, Voinovich and the 2 gals from Maine vote against him or her, or if Bush nominates Gonzales, I won’t have much sympathy for you, the boys at NRO, or any of the other conservative bloggers I read everyday.

Please don’t ban me. I really like your blog (and your obsession with guns). I just think that many conservatives have exercised poor judgment on this one.

There’s over a year to go until the next election. Alot can happen during that time. The Republicans will hold both houses of Congress and probably add a couple of seats in the Senate.

This is because:

1. Things will continue to get better in Iraq;

2. Gas prices will continue to fall;

3. Bush will start pretending to be conservative again;

4. No one will even remember who Scooter Libby was;

and, the most important of all,

5. Howard Dean is Chaiman of the Democrat party.

What if he nominates Gonzalas?

Oh sure, kill my buzz.

My initial reaction…I would have liked to have seen her go to the hearings…but considering how divisive the nomination was, it’s probably for the better…more later…
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