Photo of Kerry leaving the SC hearing this morning

[karynnj]

7. Another way of looking at it, is that the SC explains the uneven playing field

in 2004 - almost as much as Bush being a war time President. It explains why the Catholic church was more active in 2004 than in 2008. Kerry would have picked at least 1 and possibly 3 judges - and this was known before the election. (Stevens likely would have retired earlier before the 2008 election.) (Obama replaced 2 judges, but they were both liberals - Kerry would have replaced at least one Conservative, Renquist - thus changing the balance of power.)

It also says that the court with its Bush vs Gore decision really made that determination.

Going back further, I would blame the Democrats who allowed the completely unfit Thomas on the SC - including Biden, who cut off the hearings, even though he voted for him.

From a chart in the NYT last fall comparing approval ratings of incumbent President's November and December approval ratings the year before election showed that of all incumbent Presidents since Eisenhower, only Eisenhower was higher than GWB. There was a reason Hillary Clinton did not run. That Kerry would have won if Ohio had put enough voting machines in the cities is remarkable and it would have been an incredible upset. The sad think is that if the media had really helped people know Kerry, it would have happened. (Here - Glen Johnson has a unique responsibility as his disgusting question when Kerry had a news conference to announce that he had cancer likely colored the opinion of Kerry for other reporters.)