I re-edited this and changed a couple things.

...Or so says Romney to the Politico:

"That, I will do," promised Romney. "I like (Supreme Court Chief Justice John) Roberts and (Justice Samuel) Alito, I like (Justice Clarence) Thomas and (Justice Antonin) Scalia. I like that kind of thinking on the bench, and that's the kind of justice I will appoint...

"...You also have decisions as an administration on things like abstinence education, on the morning-after pill, on teaching kids to wait before they have babies, on insisting on parental responsibility for a father who has an out-of-wedlock child. These policies are also important, and will become a major part of my effort to encourage a culture of life rather than the culture of death."

The point here is (and it's been made before) that the President is head of the party, and the nation. Not only do we need competence we need moral character. Romney's personal life is impeccable. Dean Barnett once wrote that while a driver for Romney, Mitt tried to convince him that he should practice abstinence before marriage. Romney could say this to Dean, however out of date Dean thought it was, because presumably Romney had practiced abstinence before marriage himself.

Romney has the ability to speak with moral authority on the need of strong families, having a moral foundation, and the need to protect the unborn- having protected the unborn while governor and counseling women to avoid abortions before governor. I think statistics show that during President Clinton's tenure there was a laxing in attitude toward sexual behavior among teenagers, even a jump in those who believed oral sex was not sex. I am not saying that abstinence before marriage is a prerequisite for the Presidency in any sort of way, but I am saying the president sets the moral tone for the nation in many ways: therefore having strong moral character and a clean personal life is a great base to go from.

So the act of picking great judges is a wonderful thing, as we have seen the fruition of that in recent days, yet we shouldn't forget the importance of promoting a culture of life and a culture of moral integrity. What good is any of our progress if our nation has lost these two things?