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Kaine: Dems will use 'nuclear option' if GOP blocks court nominee
The Hill ^ | Oct. 26, 2016 | Jordain Carney

Posted on 04/06/2017 10:24:58 AM PDT by confederatecarpetbag

Hillary Clinton's running mate is predicting Democrats will go "nuclear" if Republicans try to stonewall a potential Supreme Court nominee by Clinton.

Tim Kaine on Friday said he believes Senate Democrats will change the chamber's rules if they run into GOP obstruction in 2017.

Kaine, however, said Friday that there's a "significant likelihood" that Garland will get confirmed this year.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2016; filibuster; flashback; garland; kaine; nuclearoption; obama; obamalegacy; scotus; supremecourt
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In the weasel's own words. Posted for historical context on a historic day in the Senate. You can almost hear Kaine salivating at the thought
1 posted on 04/06/2017 10:24:58 AM PDT by confederatecarpetbag
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To: confederatecarpetbag

This guy is an imbecile of the highest order. Thank the Good Lord-and Trump & Pence-he did not make it anywhere near the presidential line of succession.


2 posted on 04/06/2017 10:27:35 AM PDT by John W (Trump/Pence 2020)
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To: confederatecarpetbag

Kaine lives in LA LA land. What a loser pick for VP.


3 posted on 04/06/2017 10:28:05 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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4 posted on 04/06/2017 10:28:24 AM PDT by Red Badger (Ending a sentence with a preposition is nothing to be afraid of........)
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To: confederatecarpetbag

Schadenfreude moment. No, “Vice President” Kaine, no nuclear option would have been necessary, because Repubs are more “fair”. Van Jones would already be on the supreme court by now. Except that YOU LOST!!!


5 posted on 04/06/2017 10:29:00 AM PDT by scottinoc ("DC is too small to be a state but too large to be an asylum for the mentally deranged"-Anne Gorsuch)
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To: confederatecarpetbag

Per Rush - All that is happening today is that the Senate is being returned to the rules that lasted for 100 years prior to 2003. The judicial filibuster was invented by the Democrats in 2003.


6 posted on 04/06/2017 10:29:39 AM PDT by Blue Turtle
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To: confederatecarpetbag

I think it’s time to stop filibustering either party’s nominees to key government posts. 50 should be the new 60, and if the appointee isn’t Charles Manson, should be approved.


7 posted on 04/06/2017 10:30:46 AM PDT by babble-on
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To: scottinoc

Who the hell woke “timmy” up? (Think “timmy”, south park style) Did kaine get a bit part in the “IT” movie as an evil clown stand in?


8 posted on 04/06/2017 10:32:00 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: confederatecarpetbag

Notice how the media is deliberately not reporting this snake’s words.


9 posted on 04/06/2017 10:32:23 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Islam mandates warfare against unbelievers and is absolutely incompatible with Western society.)
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To: confederatecarpetbag

Kaine is Nuts, but at least he makes great Chicken Fingers.

Oh wait...


10 posted on 04/06/2017 10:33:16 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
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Not Van Jones.

Eric Holder would be on the Court by now.


11 posted on 04/06/2017 10:33:22 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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To: confederatecarpetbag

The Senate was a joke before Gorsuch was nominated, and will continue to be a joke after. The only way to improve things is to follow John Adams lead. Repeal the 17th Amendment.


12 posted on 04/06/2017 10:35:04 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: confederatecarpetbag

Kaine, meet Karma.


13 posted on 04/06/2017 10:37:18 AM PDT by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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To: confederatecarpetbag

The old counting your chickens before they are hatched ploy. Harry Reid said the same thing before the election.


14 posted on 04/06/2017 10:37:52 AM PDT by jospehm20
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Hillary Clinton's running mate is predicting Democrats will go "nuclear" if Republicans try to stonewall a potential Supreme Court nominee by Clinton.

Democrats damn sure as hell would have used the option against us - and their toadies in the press would have backed them.

15 posted on 04/06/2017 10:43:57 AM PDT by GOPJ (Unmasked reports transferred face-to-face at obscure airport: Obama to Lynch to Bill Clinton?)
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(From article) Asked about the nuclear option earlier this month, Schumer demurred, telling CNBC’s John Harwood, “I hope we won’t get to that. And I’ll leave it at that.”

Pretty much what Twitch has been saying.
Nuke em Yertle.
We’ve all had our full ration of `rats.
Time to move.


16 posted on 04/06/2017 10:45:14 AM PDT by tumblindice
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To: confederatecarpetbag

I guess Kaine was planning on the Dems re-gaining control of the Senate in 2016 too, since they would be powerless to change any rules from a minority position.


17 posted on 04/06/2017 10:45:19 AM PDT by digger48
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To: John W

You slander imbeciles everywhere by associating them with Tim Kaine. It is not just that he exhibits little capability for abstract or critical thinking, but that all attempts to rebuke or correct him are met with hostility and a really emotional outburst that has no commensurate proportionate response, going to tantrum level rage rising to the point of incoherence.


18 posted on 04/06/2017 10:46:01 AM PDT by alloysteel (A really well polished insult sounds almost like a compliment in the ears of the recipient.)
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To: Blue Turtle
Thanks, Dingy....


19 posted on 04/06/2017 10:47:11 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: confederatecarpetbag

The Cuck Soccer needs to go back to VA.


20 posted on 04/06/2017 11:08:26 AM PDT by batterycommander (I learned my Artillery skills from the United States Marines. USNA 65)
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