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Totenberg: Obama Got 'Backchannels' GOP Will Move SCOTUS Nomination After Election
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Posted on 03/16/2016 6:14:18 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

On today's With All Due Respect, NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg broke some news, saying she thought President Obama "got a message from Republicans via backchannels that they would probably move this [Supreme Court] nomination after the presidential election."

Let's game-plan this out. If it means that Senate Republicans would move to confirm President Obama's pick of Merrick Garland even if a Republican were elected president, it would be a huge backstab of the Republican base. But if Republicans would only move Garland if a Dem wins, thus depriving Hillary or whomever of the chance to nominate an unreconstruced radical, then it could be a crafty maneuver. Totenberg added that once Obama got such a concession, Dems would "work very hard" to get other concessions, forcing a hearing and a vote.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: merrickgarland; ninatotenber; republicans; scotus; scotusgope; scotusnominee; totenberg
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To: okie01

Maybe you need to look at reality...You don’t usually get 50% when there are more than 3-4 candidates...He has ran against 3 candidates in only 5 states and won 4 of those...All but one of them handily...

Keep on hanging to your pipe dream though....


81 posted on 03/17/2016 2:55:09 PM PDT by JBW1949
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Gawd, she looks like Danny Trejo in a blonde wig.


82 posted on 03/17/2016 2:55:51 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: nascarnation
OK so theoretically we dump Trump.

Don't be an ass! I didn't say, nor suggest, that.

83 posted on 03/17/2016 3:44:29 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: JBW1949
Keep on hanging to your pipe dream though....

Hopefully, your candidate has more foresight than his supporters.

84 posted on 03/17/2016 3:46:23 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: okie01

Hopefully your candidate has enough sense to get out and not give Hillary the win....


85 posted on 03/17/2016 4:11:59 PM PDT by JBW1949
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To: JBW1949
Hopefully your candidate has enough sense to get out and not give Hillary the win....

Actually, Cruz is favored over Hillary by +7 pts in the latest head-to-head.

86 posted on 03/17/2016 5:32:25 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: JBW1949
Hopefully your candidate has enough sense to get out and not give Hillary the win....

Actually, Cruz is favored over Hillary by +7 pts in the latest head-to-head.

87 posted on 03/17/2016 5:32:29 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: JBW1949
Hopefully your candidate has enough sense to get out and not give Hillary the win....

Actually, Cruz is favored over Hillary by +7 pts in the latest head-to-head.

88 posted on 03/17/2016 5:32:54 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: okie01

Could that be because the polls are just like your post???

3 for 1....


89 posted on 03/17/2016 7:05:40 PM PDT by JBW1949
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