"Kerry insists that he is a fiscal conservative, aiming to reduce the deficit by tax increases."

That statement in the article made no sense. Fiscal conservative would cut spending.

He does have some good points, but protectionist tariffs for the steel industry could be construed as vital for nat'l security. Same goes for the pre-emptive wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It does appear, though, that he is on to something when he says Bush does not favor strong states' rights. Never noticed that.

"Radical jurists" being appointed to the bench? From what I have distilled from the local paper, the appointments only look radical to the far left. Maybe 2x6 or JohnK know more about that?

Regardless, a few conservative judges will hardly be sufficient to counter to the huge number of judicial-activist hippies that have been appointed in the past (can you say "9th Circuit Court of Appeals"?).