what do you think the key issue will be for the 08 election?

Question

most people think it will be the war in iraq, but

do you know that it will really be the upcoming nominations to the supream court

Chief Justice
John Roberts January 27, 1955 (1955-01-27) (age 52)George W. Bush con
Associate Justices
John Paul Stevens April 20, 1920 (1920-04-20) (age 87) Gerald_Ford lib

Ruth Bader Ginsburg March 15, 1933 (1933-03-15) (age 74)Bill Clinton lib

Antonin Scalia March 11, 1936 (1936-03-11) (age 71)Ronald Reagan con

Anthony Kennedy July 23, 1936 (1936-07-23) (age 71)Ronald Reagan mod

Stephen Breyer August 15, 1938 (1938-08-15) (age 69)Bill Clinton lib

David Souter September 17, 1939 (1939-09-17) (age 67)George H. W. Bush lib

Clarence Thomas June 23, 1948 (1948-06-23) (age 59) George H. W. Bush con

Samuel Alito April 1, 1950 (1950-04-01) (age 57) George W. Bush con
2 liberal justices and the moderate swing vote are all in there 70 and one is in his late 80,
just fyi 4all

this will be a interesting election , no one has really hipped you all to this but 4 justices have a really good chance of retiring in the next 2 terms of office for the president ,

what do you think , will it spur you on to get the vote out

Answer 1

I still think Iraq will be the main issue for most voters, but Supreme Court nominations will be THE motivator for the religious right, the anti-abortion crowd. That's why the Republican candidates have already spoken so strongly and so often of their "strict constructionist" views of the constitution and their opposition to Roe v. Wade.

Answer 2

I don't think that will be the main issue for the average voter. It'll probably be the war in Iraq and health care. Although, I wouldn't mind seeing some of those liberal judges go, and replace them with conservative judges. That's what this country desperately needs, more conservatives on the bench of the Supreme Court!

Answer 3

It will only be Iraq if it is going bad. Democrats will force the issue to whatever is not working. I don't think they want to remind people of the justices they appoint.

Answer 4

Yea, Democrat. Souter is no liberal, though he isn't conservative either. Souter is from my state so I know where he falls!

Democrats need to get out and vote as all but 2 of the Supremes were appointed by a Republican, and 4 of them were appointed by the Bush's! The Supreme Court is who delivered Bush Florida and the presidency, even though he lost the popular vote!!

Answer 5

Sex and race will be the biggest issues, but no one will admit it.

Answer 6

Most likely--Iraq.