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Democrats Have No Play on Neil Gorsuch: Be Careful (Justice Ted Cruz?)
Slate ^ | February 2, 2017 | Jim Newell

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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TOPICS: Issues; Parties; U.S. Senate
KEYWORDS: cruz; cruz4openborders; cubanadian; democrats; gorsuch; imamcruz; neverted; trump
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You can only wish. How many times have I responded to you in the past three months. Not everything is about you. But, at least you admit you have set a pattern.


41 posted on 02/03/2017 7:31:35 PM PST by Just mythoughts
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To: Just mythoughts

I “admitted” nothing. Get some professional help.


42 posted on 02/03/2017 7:34:51 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Spoken like the pretender that you are.. i have the only ‘professional’ help any body requires... I remember Gideon in South Carolina... patterns and such.


43 posted on 02/03/2017 7:40:32 PM PST by Just mythoughts
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To: Just mythoughts

“Gideon in South Carolina?” Is that code for something? Is there anyone there who can drive you to the emergency room?


44 posted on 02/03/2017 7:43:36 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
A person who loves to describe of himself in prior intelligence work, does not serve himself well feigning ignorance... I remember who seems to be often time begging for help. Do you really need links to the reenactment of Gideon’s army played out in South Carolina... your patterns are blinding.
45 posted on 02/03/2017 7:52:17 PM PST by Just mythoughts
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

To paraphrase Rush Limbaugh, Ted Cruz seems to be living rent free in the mind of many of President Trump’s supporters who are still fighting the primary battles. Just one small point to keep in mind is that Senator Cruz can’t appoint himself to the court. Appointments are within the purview of the president and the president alone, and if he were to make a “bad” appointment, that would be his fault, not the fault of the person he appointed.


46 posted on 02/03/2017 8:45:41 PM PST by etcb
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ted has said he doesn’t want it.

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/trackers/2016-05-13/cruz-says-he-doesn-t-desire-supreme-court-seat-abc-news

He is too valuable in the Senate. As someone suggested, he ought to be in Ditch’s spot.

President Trump has a list of 21. Most of them are good choices. He doesn’t need to go off the list.

If Ted were appointed to the Supreme Court, the senator you’d get to replace him wouldn’t be as good.


47 posted on 02/03/2017 9:34:58 PM PST by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: etcb
Rush Limbo is a commercial break, hunting for some drive-by to give him some attention.
48 posted on 02/04/2017 4:02:14 AM PST by Just mythoughts
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