This idiot has already elected Hillary as POTUS and appears does not want to even fight but to 'settle' for the best he can get.
Arizona certainly needs better Senators than Flake and McCain.
It doesn’t matter if Garland is a hard-core, flaming leftist like Obama, Bernie, and Hillary, or something of a more moderate liberal. Votes in the Supreme Court are digital, not analog. One is either for or against abortion, the Second Amendment, illegal immigration, etc. Even if Garland is not a left-wing ideologue, he can certainly be counted on to reliably echo the vote of the four Justices who are.
A no vote to gun rights or whatever is a no vote.
a far lefts no, counts just as much as a center lefts no.
Way to give the ol’ Vote of Confidence to your party there, Jeffy Boy.
I don’t want to do my job because it’s hard
Hope those in Arizona get rid of him
Hmm... lessee - I said that in 2008 and again in 2012, and here we are again.
Good gosh what is the guy doing just trying to get his name out in the media, don’t consider the nominee they act like we are going to lose the Senate and the Presidency
Maybe Flake should endorse Hitlery.
GOPe is insane
Hey Flake, worry about holding on to the senate.
AZ people are incapable of selecting anybody good.
Say what you want about how foul the Dems are. When it comes to Supreme Court fights, they go all out to win. They don’t play nice. They don’t respect the other side. They don’t respect the institution. They try to win. Or at least beat up the president and try to defeat at least one of his nominees before approving one. The Republicans are such wishy washy wimps. They are almost useless.
Preemptive surrender. What a manly trait.
FLAKE
I can hear this bum’s knees knocking now. But this is great pre-primary talk as it will only help Trump win Az’s 58 delegates if he gets just 10 from Utah Trump’s new GT = 755. How does St. Ted stay in then?
Willing to bet every Senator pulling for Obama pick is a safe seat. These people are hopeless. One thing for sure, they can’t blame the Republican nominee for losing seats, they did that all on their own.
If that were actually the choice, I’d have to agree. Obama felt constrained to nominate someone who at least qualifies to be a Justice in terms of legal expertise and background and who may not be a rabid Marxist on every single issue to come before the Court. He wanted to place a “moderate” liberal before the Senate as a wedge against Republicans for denying hearings or a vote on someone so “mainstream”. They will be pummeling the Republicans with this for months.
OTOH, if Hillary makes that pick early in her regime, she will not have any compunction about nominating another Kagan, Sotomayor or worse.
Merrick Garland was Jamie Gorelick’s principal deputy at the Clinton Justice dept.
If Arizonans can not dump Flake and McCain...they and the nation will become the victim of the “law of unintended consequences” and the Republic will be gone.
Freegards
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