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Antwan Scott
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Exactly what Bernie is talking about with his "revolution" rhetoric. This is what the country looks like when the angry white 23% of eligible voters steer the shipNo kidding. I couldn't believe she said that. Last time we had an election, the left lost. Big. So don't run that tripe up the flagpole.
No kidding. I couldn't believe she said that. Last time we had an election, the left lost. Big. So don't run that tripe up the flagpole.
Huge difference in the type of election though. There is a long history of the president's pick for a Supreme Court justice getting confirmed by the senate regardless of ideology as long as he/she is considered qualified for the position. There is only a short history of Supreme Court nominees getting blocked by the opposing party in the senate for ideological reasons.
There is zero history of a Senate categorically refusing to confirm anybody just because the President is from a different political party. Can you say with a straight face that if there was a Republican president that Mitch McConnell would refuse to confirm their nominee on the grounds that the American people deserve a voice??
So don't talk about the midterm election having consequences. As long as the President nominates somebody qualified, the precedent that the voters would have had in mind while voting in both elections is that the person would be confirmed
Presidents are elected for 4-year terms, not 3-year terms. Obama won a national election in 2012 by 5 million votes. Those voters "hired" Obama for 4 years....not 3 years....and they are entitled to have a president for the full 4 years of his term....just as whomever is elected this November should be entitled to a full 4-year term. The argument that a president should not make presidential decisions in the 4th year of a 4-year term is ridiculous on the face of it.
Ted Cruz is a total scumbag.
You Constitutional literalists are crazy.
I figure Obama will do the smart thing and nominate a moderate like Sri and force the Pubs hand. If they delay or refuse to hold hearings, they'll be castrated all the way to the election over it and moderates or independents will go for the Dems hands down if they haven't decided that way already. If you are a mod/independent and watched that clown show Saturday night, I don't know how in the world you would vote for one of those idiots.
They should just get some old Liberal to retire then offer up both sides their standard bearer for the next 30 years.
They should just get some old Liberal to retire then offer up both sides their standard bearer for the next 30 years.
This nominee will be among the most scrutinized in history. If Obama nominates someone with a super liberal paper trail, the Republicans will use it both as grounds for delaying the confirmation hearing (which they will do regardless) and as a referendum against the left to appeal to independent voters in the general.
Mid-term elections have consequences too.
Huge difference in the type of election though. There is a long history of the president's pick for a Supreme Court justice getting confirmed by the senate regardless of ideology as long as he/she is considered qualified for the position. There is only a short history of Supreme Court nominees getting blocked by the opposing party in the senate for ideological reasons.
There is zero history of a Senate categorically refusing to confirm anybody just because the President is from a different political party. Can you say with a straight face that if there was a Republican president that Mitch McConnell would refuse to confirm their nominee on the grounds that the American people deserve a voice??
So don't talk about the midterm election having consequences. As long as the President nominates somebody qualified, the precedent that the voters would have had in mind while voting in both elections is that the person would be confirmed
You Constitutional literalists are crazy.
Robert Bork says hello.
He wasn't not confirmed because Reagan nominated him. He was not confirmed because libs didn't like his ideology.
Turnabout, if it comes, will be fair play.
Robert Bork says hello.
He wasn't not confirmed because Reagan nominated him. He was not confirmed because libs didn't like his ideology.
Turnabout, if it comes, will be fair play.
He wasn't not confirmed because Reagan nominated him. He was not confirmed because libs didn't like his ideology.