Comments on: Whom will next president appoint? To what? Why? http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/03/29/whom-will-next-president-appoint-to-what-why/ Think. It ain't illegal yet... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:16:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ‘I’ll stand up to those special interests.’ Really? How? | Scholars and Rogues http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/03/29/whom-will-next-president-appoint-to-what-why/comment-page-1/#comment-95489 ‘I’ll stand up to those special interests.’ Really? How? | Scholars and Rogues Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/03/29/whom-will-next-president-appoint-to-what-why/#comment-95489 [...] federal government. Those hire others. Sometimes those appointments are rather iffy. As I’ve written previously, “Congress makes laws. But presidents appoint the regulators who actually write the policies [...] [...] federal government. Those hire others. Sometimes those appointments are rather iffy. As I’ve written previously, “Congress makes laws. But presidents appoint the regulators who actually write the policies [...]

]]> By: JS O'Brien http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/03/29/whom-will-next-president-appoint-to-what-why/comment-page-1/#comment-28658 JS O'Brien Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:50:18 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/03/29/whom-will-next-president-appoint-to-what-why/#comment-28658 Well, if we knew all 2,000 names, how could we possibly learn something about all 2,000, not to mention learning something about the jobs they perform, some of which are pretty obscure? I just have to figure that, if I choose the candidate that comes closest to caring about the things I care about and approaching issues the way I approach them, it's very likely that candidate will make appointments that closely mirror those things. Really, I don't see any other choice. Well, if we knew all 2,000 names, how could we possibly learn something about all 2,000, not to mention learning something about the jobs they perform, some of which are pretty obscure?

I just have to figure that, if I choose the candidate that comes closest to caring about the things I care about and approaching issues the way I approach them, it’s very likely that candidate will make appointments that closely mirror those things.

Really, I don’t see any other choice.

]]> By: Russ Wellen http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/03/29/whom-will-next-president-appoint-to-what-why/comment-page-1/#comment-28655 Russ Wellen Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:39:18 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/03/29/whom-will-next-president-appoint-to-what-why/#comment-28655 <BLOCKQUOTE>2,000 men and women we’ve never heard of appointed and confirmed to government posts we’ve never heard of.</BLOCKQUOTE> For a candidate to expect us to trust him or her with that without naming any of them is asking us to take an awful lot on faith.

2,000 men and women we’ve never heard of appointed and confirmed to government posts we’ve never heard of.

For a candidate to expect us to trust him or her with that without naming any of them is asking us to take an awful lot on faith.

]]> By: Dr. Slammy http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/03/29/whom-will-next-president-appoint-to-what-why/comment-page-1/#comment-28649 Dr. Slammy Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:16:01 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/03/29/whom-will-next-president-appoint-to-what-why/#comment-28649 You're right, we'll never get the answers we need. I guess all we can do is make some educated guesses and pray we're educated enough. For my part, I'm going to be looking damned hard at whom the candidates are likely to appoint to the Supreme Court. That's not all the puzzle, but it's significant. I guess we might suspect that SC appointments correlate with the other things we care about, but if you're thinking that I'm doing a hell of a lot of blind speculating here, you're right. And no, I'm not real happy about that. You’re right, we’ll never get the answers we need. I guess all we can do is make some educated guesses and pray we’re educated enough. For my part, I’m going to be looking damned hard at whom the candidates are likely to appoint to the Supreme Court. That’s not all the puzzle, but it’s significant. I guess we might suspect that SC appointments correlate with the other things we care about, but if you’re thinking that I’m doing a hell of a lot of blind speculating here, you’re right.

And no, I’m not real happy about that.

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It is through appointments to judgeships, cabinet posts and other executive branch positions that presidents implement their policies and impress their will upon government and therefore the governed….

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