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To: neolib who wrote (9841)	1/26/2006 11:07:39 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 541658

The Meiers case is significant for another reason. Conservatives know they can't build a durable majority at the ballot box (too bad they can't gerrymander the electoral college too), so the Supreme Court is one of the only major venues where they can try to install a dominant clique that suits their agenda, a clique that could last longer than most presidencies. They had to take their leader to the woodshed and get an Alito on the bench. Bush is a shaky presidential candidate himself, and he hasn't groomed a successor at all. Cheney can't do it because he is perceived as Count Dracula with a heart condition. With Republican control of Congress going nowhere for the conservative agenda and the White House in doubt by 2009, the SC was the only game in town for the hardcore right.