[Ohioan]

Ah so your theory is that the Republicans in the Senate will be able to successfully stonewall her nomination like the Dems - with the backing of the media- do ours. So the media will back them up in it like they are backing the Dems in their stonewall?

My "theory"--you say? It is not a theory. But your response insults the Republicans in the Senate, even more than I have lately. They do not need the backing of the media to play hardball. Indeed, playing hardball, in a way that forces the media to cover them, is the one way to fight the effect of the media bias. Your over concern for the media bias makes you unable to see important aspects of the battle.

Yes the media is important. It is a factor we must consider in pursuing what is right; that is we have to constantly be thinking in ways to confound the Leftists in the media. That bias is not a reason to compromise our principles, just a reason to take appropriate measures. One of the gravest failures of the President is his failure to use the "bully pulpit" to offset the media.

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[mrsmith]

We all agree that the media will launch a firestorm against any stonewall of Hillary's nomination, and that the Senators will tend to fold .
(So soon after Trent Lott's removal no one is silly enough to deny this.)

So let's look at the steps involved:

1. Hillary has the power to demand the nomination from a Dem candidate in return for her support.

2. Her nomination could not be defeated in committee because the media would not allow that.

3. Her nomination could not be fillibustered on the floor because the media would not allow that.

IE: it only comes down to whether 51 Senators will vote for her.