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SirSeymour · 11-09-2004, 06:56 AM

I rather doubt this will happen. It was a tough enough fight to get Thomas appointed and I think that was a Republican Senate.

Another thing to remember is that someone else has to run for President for the Republicans in 2008. I have heard rumblings that one of those seriously considering it is the Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. To the best of my knowledge, he has no ties to the far Christian right other than just being a Republican. He may very well want to reach out to more moderates and if that is the case he would be a tough obsticle for either a Thomas or Scalia appointment to the Chief Justices seat.

Not to mention that I am not convinced that being Chief Justice makes a huge difference one way or the other. It is the over all make up of the court that seems to matter most.

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SirSeymour Ambling Toward the Light Location: The Early 16th Century	I rather doubt this will happen. It was a tough enough fight to get Thomas appointed and I think that was a Republican Senate. Another thing to remember is that someone else has to run for President for the Republicans in 2008. I have heard rumblings that one of those seriously considering it is the Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. To the best of my knowledge, he has no ties to the far Christian right other than just being a Republican. He may very well want to reach out to more moderates and if that is the case he would be a tough obsticle for either a Thomas or Scalia appointment to the Chief Justices seat. Not to mention that I am not convinced that being Chief Justice makes a huge difference one way or the other. It is the over all make up of the court that seems to matter most. __________________ SQL query SELECT * FROM users WHERE clue > 0 Zero rows returned....