A look at the Times
Presuming Hillary Clinton is not going to be the Democratic candidate in the Fall presidential elections, the media have been sizing up the battle between the two very different worldviews of the men who would be president.
The New York Times helps focus attention on the critical issue of judges.
The presidential election, lawyers and scholars agree, will offer voters a choice between two sharply different visions for the ideological shape of the nation’s federal courts.
Senator John McCain of Arizona, the presumptive Republican nominee, has already asserted that if elected he would reinforce the conservative judicial counterrevolution that began with President Ronald Reagan by naming candidates for the bench with a reliable conservative outlook.
Senator Barack Obama of Illinois has been less explicit about how he would use the authority to nominate judicial candidates, but he would be able to — and fellow Democrats certainly expect him to — reverse or even undo the current conservative dominance of the courts.
Which reminds us of what is probably the single most important reason to vote, and carefully.
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The issue of judges and other critical appointments (are we ready for John Edwards as Attorney General?) is by far the most important thing that separates John McCain and Barack Obama. Mr. Obama’s judgement of character leaves much to be desired. We have seen it in his long term relationships with his pastor and friends such as Bill Ayers and Rev. Pfleger. Of course we cannot predict the future with absolute certainty but going by past performance does give one reason to pause.
The mantra “change you can believe in” is more than just a catchy little phrase. I believe it goes further than what most think, and in this regard Obama’s candidacy is a stealth candidacy. If Obama is elected it will be seen as a green light to advancing far left ideology. The few gains we have cobbled together in the pro-life movement under President Bush will be severely and immediately challenged, and the notion of the government’s role in our lives will expand exponentially.