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What it means is the Republicans are going to do all they can to make sure nothing happens for the next two years to ensure they get the presidency in 2012. What is the big deal? There are three Supreme Court justices in their mid-to-late 70s that will probably be retiring in the next 2 to 6 years. The president chooses who the new justices will be, and that can be one of the most influential decisions of any presidency. Right now it is a 5-4 conservative court. That could get even more conservative if there were a Repub. president.