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To: gaijin

If Barry tries to ram through another Marxist on the Supreme Court and it’s voted on anything but a simple majority I can’t imagine anyone voting Republican again.


3 posted on 11/13/2014 4:54:52 PM PST by purplelobster
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To: purplelobster
If Barry tries to ram through another Marxist on the Supreme Court and it’s voted on anything but a simple majority I can’t imagine anyone voting Republican again.

Why would you want any of Obama's nominees considered under the simple majority rule rather than the 60 vote requirement? With the democrats controlling 46 votes, they would only need to win over 4 republicans and along with the vice president, they would have the 51 necessary to confirm. If the 60 vote requirement is put back into place, they would need to attract at least 14 republican votes. Four is quite likely but fourteen is not.

Under the simple majority rule, the four most liberal republican would be the most powerful people in the senate and the fourteen most conservative would be the least powerful. I hope we don't shoot ourselves in the foot in a foolish effort to get even with Harry Reid.

25 posted on 11/13/2014 6:32:19 PM PST by etcb
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