Comments on: Giuliani’s Liberal Judge Problem

By: kritter

kritter — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:10:11 +0000

If Rudy was only given a list of three Democratic activist judges, who are the bane of the RR, he should have threatened to resign in protest, CS. Period. Only after being presented with a list of strict constructionists with no liberal bias, should he have withdrawn his resignation. Only honorable thing to do in those circumstances.

Otherwise our society ends up with sex ed in 1st grade, gay marriage, probation for pedophiles and a plethora of other threats to the sanctity of the family values that are the fundamental cornerstones of our society.

By: C Stanley

C Stanley — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:58:37 +0000

Or hopefully this will?

By: C Stanley

C Stanley — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:58:14 +0000

I think I messed up the tags there, so hopefully this will fix it.

By: C Stanley

C Stanley — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:56:22 +0000

Ed Morrissey has a post up about a conversation that he had at CPAC with Bill Simon, who used to work with Guiliani and he’s supporting him in the primary bid. Quote:

I asked Simon about the recent issue with judges. The Politico posted an article on Rudy’s track record on judicial nominations, and reported that Giuliani appointed more Democrats than Republicans to the bench as Mayor. Hower, Simon called this misleading. The mayor does not have a free hand in judicial appointments in New York City. An independent panel gives the mayor a choice of three candidates for each open seat, and the mayor has to select from those three. Rudy did not choose the candidates; he had to select one of three locked-in choices.blockquote>

By: C Stanley

C Stanley — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:02:19 +0000

I think Elrod is overestimating the influence of the religious right, and according to the poll that was cited in another post, probably also overestimating the degree to which the religious right will oppose Rudy. Of course I also think that the more the Democrats say that Rudy won’t get the nomination, the more likely it is that he will, so from my perspective I hope that Elrod and others keep repeating that refrain.

By: Michael van der Galien

Michael van der Galien — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:25:45 +0000

Actually, Elrod, in the polls they told the people about Giuliani’s past. And still.

By: Elrod

Elrod — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:52:30 +0000

Actually, this kind of revelation will sink Giuliani in the primary. Most conservative Republican voters know very little about Rudy’s views on social issues. They just know him as the 9/11 mayor who looked poised and who supposedly cleaned up New York City. But once they find out about his position on social issues, they will NOT look the other way and accept him. I applaud Giuliani for not kowtowing to right-wing evangelicals who dominate the party. But that will come back to bite him when the Christian noise machine picks up. A Giuliani nomination effectively means the end of the Reagan Revolution WITHIN the Republican Party. The GOP will not nominate a pro-choice, pro-gun control, pro civil unions, thrice married man for President. I guarantee it.

By: Michael van der Galien

Michael van der Galien — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:31:11 +0000

No they won’t actually. All polls indicate that they trust him when he says that he’ll choose conservative judges. I am not ‘endorsing’ Giuliani (how can I, I’m not even American), but I think he will do that.

At least during his first term.

Why? Because he’ll want to serve a second term.

He’ll focus on fiscally conservative and hawkish foreign policies.

I published a post at my own blog today on which I say something not in line with what most people think: I think that Romney will rise in the polls.

Giuliani might win it, his chances are good, but I also think that most people are underestimating Romney.

McCain is screwing things up big time.

In the paper, btw, I also read an interview with a Dutch female politician Femke Halsema. Her prediction for the Democratic nomination… Barack Obama.

By: carpeicthus

carpeicthus — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:19:58 +0000

Yeah, not to defend the guy (or, from my perspective, give praise) but I’m sure he had very few options. Still conservatives stinging from Souter might think twice.

By: C Stanley

C Stanley — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:59:45 +0000

8:1 is definitely pretty skewed, but I wonder what the party demographics are for all judges in NY? I wouldn’t doubt that the whole pool that he had to select from would lean heavily Democrat.

By: kritter

kritter — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:59:05 +0000

Uh oh. Once Rush, Laura and Sean get on the activist judges are ruining America canard again, we’ll end up with Newt Gingrich as the GOP nominee, lol!

By: Michael van der Galien

Michael van der Galien — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:24:44 +0000

“qualified, even-tempered, academically strong”

- oef, yep, that’s dangerous.

Anyway – how do you think this will influence Giuliani’s chances?

Personally, I don’t think that it has to hurt ‘em

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