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To: SilentZ who wrote (565418)	5/10/2010 1:35:44 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1577466

If she is not more liberal than Stevens, then the Court stays the same. If she's to his right, then it moves a bit to the right. Come on, Z......she's not right of Stevens. She's just less liberal than you would like. However, she's a woman out of Princeton and Harvard. I think she will trend more liberal over time. Stereotypes... And why are there stereotypes? True. But its the liberal issue most in danger at the present time. Not really. Many of the issues dealing with corporations are a lot bigger right now. Net neutrality is one. Reeling back Citizens United, which is the worst decision of our time, is another. True but its Roe vs Wade that the right would love to overturn most. Its become a huge symbol in this country between the liberal/conservative divide. Besides, do you really think that Obama would nominate a judge who thought the Court's recent ruling on corp. campaign contributions is okay? After what he said in his SOTU? More importantly, this is Obama's bread and butter......the Constitution and the Court. His picks should be some of the best this country has seen. Sotomayor was OK. Nothing great. Z, she's been a USSC judge for what six months.....I think the Court convenes in Oct. Would you give her some time to get acclimated. Seriously. And she had an excellent reputation before Obama nominated her. Time will tell how good she will be. Kagan is OK. Nothing great. There's no Thurgood Marshall or Brandeis or Brennan in the crowd. Personally, I think you are being too critical. I doubt Marshall was a star in his first year. He may get one more pick. I don't know why everyone on both sides expects Obama to make liberal decisions. He has so little history of that. He's Clinton without the wandering dick. In his first year, he was as liberal as Clinton was in his second term. There is no comparison between Chicago and Little Rock when it comes to this issue. Obama will be considerably more liberal than Clinton in his second term. Nonetheless, I think part of the problem is that you are eyeing things through a NYC filter. NYC is the most liberal city in the country. Only SFO comes close to NYC in terms of its politics. And Obama is not eyeing the country through your filter. As an aside, this latest UK election is the first time I have watched UK politics closely. I was surprised that the Tory, Cameron, had to hide his conservative impulses. I hadn't realized how much more conservative we are. It will be a while before the US becomes as liberal. Hopefully, sooner rather than later.