Supreme Court Justice kennedy retires

[wdmso]

All the GOP can say is at least we didn't steal this one....

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by wdmso

All the GOP can say is at least we didn't steal this one....

What did they steal , exactly? The nomination of the nut obama wanted? The American citizens freely chose to give senate control to the gop. As obama liked to say, elections have consequences. I don’t think voters gave the senate to the gop, so they could let obama replace Scalia with a liberal nut job. If the American people don’t like what Mitch McConnell did, they have the opportunity every two years to make a change. So far, they have chosen to leave the senate with the gop, and it’s a safe bet they will keep the senate in November, the seats up for re election could not possibly align any better for the republicans.
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[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

What did they steal , exactly? The nomination of the nut obama wanted? The American citizens freely chose to give senate control to the gop. As obama liked to say, elections have consequences. I don’t think voters gave the senate to the gop, so they could let obama replace Scalia with a liberal nut job. If the American people don’t like what Mitch McConnell did, they have the opportunity every two years to make a change. So far, they have chosen to leave the senate with the gop, and it’s a safe bet they will keep the senate in November, the seats up for re election could not possibly align any better for the republicans.
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Merrick Garland was a nut? Is that based on Obama nominating him, therefore he must be an evil progressive? What do you actually know about him other than that he was nominated by Obama?

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Merrick Garland was a nut? Is that based on Obama nominating him, therefore he must be an evil progressive? What do you actually know about him other than that he was nominated by Obama?

I’m basing it on the fact that obama wanted him. And the tiny, tiny bit I read. I didn’t write his biography. And I was using hyperbole, I don’t actually suspect he was mentally ill.
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[wdmso]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

What did they steal , exactly? The nomination of the nut obama wanted? The American citizens freely chose to give senate control to the gop. As obama liked to say, elections have consequences. I don’t think voters gave the senate to the gop, so they could let obama replace Scalia with a liberal nut job. If the American people don’t like what Mitch McConnell did, they have the opportunity every two years to make a change. So far, they have chosen to leave the senate with the gop, and it’s a safe bet they will keep the senate in November, the seats up for re election could not possibly align any better for the republicans.
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So will you support waiting for the mid terms to be finished before starting the Conformation process on Trumps Pick ... My guess is NO

you have no regard with process what did they steal?? now your just playing dumb.. Turtle boy drag his feet for 11 months but now he wants it done by September ... the GOP cant claim innocents

[DZ]

Originally Posted by wdmso

So will you support waiting for the mid terms to be finished before starting the Conformation process on Trumps Pick ... My guess is NO

To be realistic I wouldn't wait either. The publicly stated mantra over and over on the left in Congress has been RESIST. Can't take the chance on waiting and loosing majority.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by wdmso

So will you support waiting for the mid terms to be finished before starting the Conformation process on Trumps Pick ... My guess is NO

you have no regard with process what did they steal?? now your just playing dumb.. Turtle boy drag his feet for 11 months but now he wants it done by September ... the GOP cant claim innocents

No, it would be asinine to wait until after the midterms. Obama got elana Kagan confirmed in 2010, a midterm year. And in 2016 when the gop prevented obama from getting anyone confirmed, they were able to do so, because the American people gave the senate to the gop. The democrats do not control the senate. Elections have consequences, pretty sure I heard that a lot from 2009 - 2016.

I have great regard for process, and I want my side to follow the same process as the other side, I don’t want my side to self impose a higher hurdle, that’s stupid.

The gop controls the senate. With that, come the same exact perks the dems enjoyed when they last controlled the senate. If the American people don’t like it, they can make a change in 2010, but the gop will be more likely to gain senate seats than lose them. Several democrats up from state’s trump won.
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