Posted on 02/03/2017 5:28:29 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Beware anyone who tells you that there is an obvious play for Senate Democrats in handling Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court. There is no such play. There is barely any play at all. It is an awful situation, because being in the minority is awful, and if they botch their next move, it could be more awful still.
The most viscerally satisfying play for Senate Democrats would be to disengage completely. As Democratic Rep. Earl Blumenauer put it, “I encourage my Senate colleagues to give Neil Gorsuch the same courtesy Senate Republicans gave Merrick Garland.”
But it is impossible to treat this situation as the mirror image of Garland, since one integral aspect has remained constant: Republican control of the Senate. If Democrats controlled the Senate, the play would be straightforward: Tell President Trump that the only Supreme Court justice he can get confirmed for that vacant seat is Merrick Garland. Democrats can only fantasize about how stirring it would feel to say that to Trump, though, since they do not control the Senate. The Republican Senate will engage, and all Democrats will have is a good view of Gorsuch’s confirmation.
Some Democratic senators are already finding out that taking that seat comes with political consequences from an irate party base. The knives were out Tuesday among for any Democrats who did not promise to punch Gorsuch in the face upon first sight. When Sens. Claire McCaskill, Richard Blumenthal, and Dick Durbin, to name a few, said Tuesday that they would go through the basic motions with Trump’s nominee—meet with him, see what he has to say, and then decide whether or not to join in a filibuster—they were met with a wave of condemnation for supposedly rolling over....
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It was me. Bwahaha. Just kidding.
What was Franken thinking? Now we've got a real good reason to not want Cruz on the SC. He's a pit bull, and smarter than just about anyone else about the Constitution. Cruz is now a necessary resource to outmaneuver the dems.
That's my take, anyway.
This time, it wasn’t on the list.
Since they fear him, he should at least be on the next list to give them heartburn.
Well, stop it. Not kidding... The whole wordsmith business is politically corrupt with a very few exceptions. Slate must be down on readership, and knew full well how to get some attention.
Usually it’s liberals who try to order me around. FR is not what it used to be.
My words obviously did NOT communicate the sarcasm in which they were intended. Like I really believe, I can order you around? But I am weary of the many who feel the need to relive the past... Nothing is what it use to be.. too many of the good ones of FR have returned to the Maker that sent them... Others left because they really believed they could order others around.
Let’s get Gorsuch on the bench and take it from there.
Perhaps they can get a friendly judge to declare Gorsuch unconstitutional.
The next list will likely include Judge Napolitano also.
You’re overthinking it, just like the press with Steve Bannon.
Exactly correct. TC is a globalist and ineligible from birth.
Good point about libs fearing him, but he’s not qualified to be a SCOTUS.
No, I am NOT over thinking 'it'. I follow patterns, some people just fail to realize they set patterns.
Exactly correct. TC is a globalist and ineligible from birth.
So I have a stalker? Hahahahaha!
“Good point about libs fearing him, but he’s not qualified to be a SCOTUS”
How is he not qualified?
No Lyin’ Ted. There are plenty of good choices who haven’t proven themselves untrustworthy backstabbers.
“The next list will likely include Judge Napolitano also.”
I certainly hope not. Napolitano was intensely anti-Trump before the election, and he wrote an especially disgusting article for the Washington Times saying that there was no difference whatsoever between Trump and Hillary Clinton and that Trump was a threat to our Constitution. He made it patently clear that he thought getting Clinton in office was no worse than Trump getting elected. In this regard, he was really one of the worst of the NeverTrumpers.
I found it disturbing that Trump even met with a person like this, who had been fighting so intensely against him and doing what he could to convince conservatives not to bother voting for him. Napolitano even praised Hillary to the hilt on Fox News after one of the presidential debates. I watched it live in disbelief. I would personally not be so forgiving as Trump for someone who fought for the other side. It was only after Trump won that Napolitano had a change of heart and decided he didn’t want to be on the losing side. I find his sort of “NeverTrumper…unless Trump Wins” type disgusting and certainly not an ally.
“Lyin’ Ted” Liars are not SCOTUS material.
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