From Richard Viguerie's Conservative HQ blog:
"This is an enormous opportunity for conservatives to define President Obama as a radical liberal in a way that Republicans have so far failed to do."This is the first opportunity in over 40 years for conservatives to have a national debate on the role of the judiciary. Conservatives always win ideological battles, either on the short run or the long run. (My italics)
"The primary opposition to Sonia Sotomayor will come from conservatives at the national, state, and local levels.
"President Obama's selection of Sonia Sotomayor to replace liberal David Souter on the Supreme Court will unite all wings of the conservative movement in a major effort to educate the American people on the U.S. Constitution and the proper role of the judiciary."
Hmm. Offhand I can think of one ideological battle conservatives have won over the past 40 years, and that's the one that says unregulated markets are best for all of us. And the signs are that that battle's results are about to be overturned.
As I said below, Viguerie's crowd was going to raise a fuss about Obama's SC nominee no matter who it was, because it needs to replenish its coffers.
They insist on continuing to espouse William F. Buckley's mission statement when he launched his magazine National Review: "It is not that, of course; if NATIONAL REVIEW is superfluous, it is so for very different reasons: It stands athwart history, yelling Stop."
History continued unabated, you'll notice, despite that existential hope of November 19, 1955.
Posted by Linkmeister at May 26, 2009 10:59 AM | TrackBack