Posted on 02/27/2016 9:29:59 AM PST by Oldpuppymax
A few days ago, the Washington Post reported that, according to “unnamed White House sources,” Barack Obama was “looking at” Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval as a potential Supreme Court replacement for Justice Antonin Scalia. Other media sources picked up the story and the ball started rolling directly at Senate Majority Leader, Kentucky’s own Mitch McConnell.
But the entire story was a scam, planted by the White House in the WaPo, one of Barack’s most dedicated media supporters.
The reason?
McConnell had proclaimed with all the resolve his quivering chins and feeble “conservative” constitution could muster that no Supreme Court selection would be considered until the next president had taken office. Of course, coming from a career sell-out it might be considered a position statement but hardly a promise. The GOP base was demanding the Republican majority in the Senate prevent Obama packing the Court with yet another Marxist and McConnell was trying to keep the peace by parroting that position.
Obama recognized the majority leader’s dilemma: renege on his word before November and Republican Senators would face electoral crucifixion; renege on his word immediately after the election and the Republican Party could effectively cease to exist, the victim of an unnecessary suicide as donors, supporters and the entire Party base left to create a conservative, 3rd Party. Obviously neither of these situations would hurt Obama’s feelings, but the threat of either possibility would very probably prevent McConnell and Senate Republicans considering an Obama nominee.
So Barack arranged for his favorite newspaper to claim that a Republican was being considered to replace Scalia. It was a thoroughly phony story, but it would accomplish 2 very important things for the White House.
First of all, it would permit Barack to gauge any reaction on the part of McConnell...
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like that wasn’t the most obvious head fake ever. A+ to Sandoval for boomeranging it right back to the Oval. hear, hear!
Thank goodness Sandoval did the right thing.
McConnell should have scheduled Sandoval for the day after the election. Then he doesn’t break his promise and the Democrats are stuck with him.
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