Dem leadership will make judicial changes

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23. Agreed

I am worried about my potential Senator coming out of Iowa in Greenfield. She's said she's not in favor of "packing" the courts in a debate and also is running ads talking about her ability to work with both Democrats and Republicans. Granted, she could simply be trying to appeal to the mythical "middle" but it's not exactly reassuring. I think back to all those representatives from states like Oklahoma that won election on Obama's coattails in '08 who didn't want to/refused to vote for the more progressive legislation that was suggested early in his first term. Those representatives lost their next races anyway, but they erroneously thought that they could hold on to their seats by not doing anything they deemed liberal.

I think you are completely right that the longer we wait, the more spines will jellify. I just hope we have enough sturdy spines in January to start the process.