[Mr. Douglas]

I’m not really a basketball fan, but I understand why a team doesn’t go full court press on every single play.

The dems are making a mistake here. They need to choose their battles.

[Alberta's Child]

I think there are a few Democrats -- maybe even stark-raving-mad liberals among them -- who would vote for Gorsuch rather than see the GOP use the "nuclear option" to get him confirmed.

The rationale here is that Gorsuch doesn't change the balance of the Supreme Court even in the unlikely scenario that he was so conservative he made Scalia look like a homosexual Marxist. If the Republicans use the nuclear option to confirm him, the Democrats will lose the filibuster weapon for the NEXT confirmation process -- which might be much more important in terms of the balance of the court.

[juggernaut]

Not a betting man, but wouldn’t be surprised if this is a head fake by Schumer, knowing that moderate Dem senators will provide the 60 needed to avoid the Nuc option.

[dhs12345]

Agreed. There are two liberal judges to be replaced within Trumps term.

If dems fight Gorsuch, then it is Trumps prerogative to replace both with conservatives and the groundwork will have already been laid... thank Harry Reid and the Dems.

Of course, if this happens, then I expect it to get very nasty and I am not surprised that it might be a precursor for a major incident... not quite a revolution but anything goes at this point and the Dems have proven that they can be violent.

[sarge83]

They are filling their oats after the obamacare debacle and actually think THEY caused it. The Republicans need to push the nuclear button on Gorsuch if they have too, but I don’t know if they have the guts to do it. I look for McIsane to insert himself in this debate some way. McWeasal needs to shut him down quickly if he does.

Very stupid hill to die on for the democrats as this judge does not change the court, the next one very well could.