Judge Obstruction: Now They Tell Us

Now they tell us. The Democratic tactic of obstructing judges is hurting them at the polls.
Manuel Miranda
reports that Republican pollsters observed the effect back in 2002.
In the 2002 mid-term elections

In three states, Missouri, Minnesota, and Georgia, single-issue, pro-life voters
came out to vote in unusually large numbers in a mid-term election. Their margin was, in fact,
larger than the Republican margin of victory in all three states.

In an election framed around national security and lower taxes, only one issue moved these
marginal voters to the polls: judges.

In Texas, John Conrnyn was on the ropes and out of money until he focused his campaign on Democratic
obstruction of the Appeals Court nomination of State Justice Patricia Owen.

In Colorado, Wayne Allard increased his Hispanic vote by 20 percent and won election in a squeaker
by campaigning against Democratic obstruction of Miguel Estrada for an Appeals Court seat.

It feels like it is Dirty Harry time on the Judge Roberts nomination. Go ahead. Make My Day.