important they are? even years down the road? you know, you said it in your intro, rachel, and it s so true. i think we absolutely underestimate that president george w. bush s real legacy was that he fundamentally changed the federal bench. probably for years and years to come. i mean he really did leave office having seated younger, more conservative federalist society members. you know, these people are as you said each and every one of them, you know, walking the walk. and obama had the option to respond to each of those appointments we equally strong, card carrying aclu, bomb-throwing, janice rogers brown of the left. he really has opted not to. he s done it very, very little. he tends to favor more centrist, moderate, confirmable jurists. and what we saw with patricia
respond to each of those appo t appointments we equally strong, card carrying aclu, bomb-throwing, janice rogers brown of the left. he really has opted not to. he s done it very, very little. he tends to favor more centrist, moderate, confirmable jurists. and what we saw with patricia millet, yesterday even the most centrist, she s an army spouse, litigated on behalf of corporations, she s really, really not thurgood marshall, and yet she is unconfirmable. and so i think that obama sort of made this tactical decision that change shouldn t happen at the courts, it should happen at the legislative level. that s always been his stated purpose. but i think change does happen at the courts. and to the extent that he hasn t answered that is problematic. aiming low sort of ideologically has not paid off in him getting more people moved. just means you aim for less and you get less. it s amazing. important stuff.