Romney law team likely to hit conservative chord

[Forkboy]

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has assembled a cast of judicial advisers heavy with ties to the George W. Bush administration and with icons of the political right - a lineup that is likely to score points with social conservatives.

One cochair of what Romney calls his Justice Advisory Committee is former Appeals Court justice Robert Bork, a martyr of conservative legal thought whose 1987 nomination to the Supreme Court was sunk by liberals.

The second is Mary Ann Glendon, former US ambassador to the Vatican for President George W. Bush and a passionate opponent of abortion rights. The final cochair is Richard Wiley, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission during the Nixon and Ford administrations.

Romney’s message in assembling his 63-member Justice Advisory Committee is a clear signal to conservatives, said Jeff Berry, a political scientist at Tufts University. “The judiciary would be in safe hands.’ ’’

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/articles/2011/08/05/romney_picks_right_wing_icons_as_legal_advisers/

Read the whole piece...it's a virtual who's who of assholes.

[WillParkinson]

1. And this will surprise...who?

Romney is desperate to get on the good side of conservatives. He will do whatever he has to do to ingratiate himself. Apparently up to and including selling out his 'moderate' leanings.

(Just like all of the jack-boot thugs he's hanging with lately.)

[bluestateguy]

2. Establishmentarianism!

nt

[Armstead]

3. Wotta 14 carat phony

[AtomicKitten]

4. Loved Rachel's piece on Romney's $1 million 'special friends.'

One hedge fund manager who made his fortune betting against subprime loans dropped Mittens a cool $1 million.

Rachel was talking about a mysterious pop-up corporation that donated $1 million to Romney and then - poof - it was gone. Michael Isikoff was doing something called 'investigative journalism.' WTF, right?

Romney is their guy. He's laying low so as not to make a dumbass mistake before he even makes it to the gate. There are at least three conservative groups (Club for Growth, etc.) that have pledged to stop him in his tracks. That should be fun especially in light of the trolls gathering under the bridge ---> Great article.


k&r

[Raven]

5. I know Mary Ann Glendon. She is a rabid conservative and

has been prominent in the pro life movement for decades.