>>If the turnout for primaries so far is any indication, there could be a lot more people than that voting this November.
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>What I find kind of interesting is the Democratic race. The GOP is doing about the sanest thing it can do given choices offered. If there were a good black or Hispanic woman for VP with tons of domestic or economic policy cred that would be ideal.
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>The Dems have a more intersting choice. Though on many issues I find Obama perhaps too far to the left for my taste I could pretty well live with him for all kinds of other reasons. I think nominating Hillary would put McCain in the Whitehouse for sure, and I could live with that too, for different reasons. I cannot imagine Hillary winning. Her nomination would galvanize the right and raise more money than we've ever seen in a Presidential race. She also has some of the highest negatives of any serious candidate in history. And there is the Richard Nixon factor.
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>My fear would be Obama court picks. I don't like judicial legislating even when I agree with them. I'm not sure I'm comfortable with whoever the right wing has waiting in the wings either, but I would rather inactivist over activist.

We remain in general agreement about the election. My order is different from yours but it's pretty much the same POV.

I'm not sure about the (prospective) Supreme Court nominations if Obama wins. For one thing I'm not sure he would nominate activist liberal judges. And even if he did, could you legitimately complain after the conservative idealogues Bush has given us? That will be his most lasting legacy, apart maybe from the spike in anti-Americanism.