No, this is not great news....not coming from this idiot.
McConnell cannot be trusted to do the right thing.
You know Onambla will make a nomination, and it will be a sodomite, or some other leftard that will cause a ruckus during the election.
It’s great news, hope he holds. They must have had to lock their doors and hide from the mob to have come out with this statement.
Praise be!!! There is a light at the end of the tunnel. It may be a train coming that helps a lot of wayward Republican’s remember what the word means. I’m changing my tagline back btw. Long live the Free Republic. Donate please. I’m tired of seeing the FReepathon threads already. Thanks in advance.
I pray to God he holds to this!
He will fold and do whatever Obama tells him to do, per usual.
You can bet your bottom dollar that Obastard will move quikly to replace him. He will use every single trick in the book to do it.
Now who do we have to oppose this pending move?
Just hope and pray this tower of jelly holds to his word.
I don’t know how long the Senate will hold out. It doesn’t seem likely to me.
Uh oh...McConnell offered some public token opposition...the fold is imminent!
Look for him to help Obama come up with a backdoor method for confirmation.
Maybe Corker can put forth a process, where the appointee is confirmed unless it’s voted down...a la Iran?
Ha ha...we are screwed with this bunch in charge.
The nomination will never get out of committee, much less to the full Senate, if one is made this year.
We all know how this ends: McConnell caves.
This is what will happen: Obama and the Democrats will, along with the media, begin a full-blown nuclear-scale political blitz to get a vote on a nominee, fully aware that complete authoritarian, dictatorial, god-like control of everything and everyone in the U.S. in within their 5-4 Court majority grasp.
The Chamber of Commerce will step in behind-the-scenes on the GOP side and offer a compromise via proxies - A Socially liberal, Lefty cultural fascist Judge who is a bit Libertarian toward business. The Democrats are happy, the Chamber is happy, so as far as our rulers in Washington are concerned, everyone is happy.
The GOP will claim they have no choice but to offer the vote, and that if people don’t like it, the “real verdict” can be cast in November (I.E. People can punish the Democrats for their appointee by electing Republicans). Will full control over the process, McConnell will claim impotence; in their arrogance, the GOP will assume Conservative voters will come out in droves to punish the Democrats for the takeover.
The Senate will allow a vote, and Obama will get to appoint the Justice that gives the Democrats the 5-4 Court Majority that will make the entire rest of our Democratic Republic completely pointless.
I pray to God I am wrong, but I really think it will happen somewhat along theses lines.
The Turtle finally said something I agree with!!! Next problem will be McCain!!!
Instead of confirming Obama's nominee, maybe the Senate should give the President confirmation power subject to a Senate vote to reject the nominee afterwards?
That scheme worked so well twice before, I'm surprised that McConnell didn't lead with it.
-PJ
Sounds squishy.
"Should not"? Really? He should have used the word "Won't".
Also, not a good sign that he speaks in the 3rd person. He is not using the first-person "I Won't Confirm a...", but the softer "A confirm should not happen", as if he is some bystander to the process.
CAVE! The turd-le don’t care!
McConnell had better get the Senate in session NOW.
He has to talk tough for now so when he caves he will look like he tried.
His use of the word ‘should’ gives him away.
What ‘should’ have and what ‘must’ or ‘will’ happen is two different things.
More weasel words from the top weasel. They’ll screw this up, I’m more fearful than ever.
How is it that with a government designed with THREE branches, we end up on the edge of our seat over what ONE guy ultimately decides?