Posted on 02/15/2016 11:05:37 AM PST by Sparticus
From that point on they should simply ignore Obama on the subject entirely.
The Senate is not in recess. They are adjourned.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3397346/posts?page=12#12
FU Shapiro.
You are correct, to appoint a conservative would be contrary to what they are. The only thing conservative about them is the public’s perception of what they used to be and think they still are.
Aside from perception, they are selfish Uniparty pigs at the DC money trough lapping up all they can before it’s all over for all of us. They loath old style party loyalists, conservatives, Christians, and those that believe in the highest law of the land, being the Constitution.
All they are going to do is put up a farcical fight, make some deal to tell the public they won, and let obama have his way. It’s been their MO for 7 years, why should they stop now?
This article is spot on.
Just be happy that they preemptively announced this.
Because once Obama does pick someone it will be racist sexism, etc, to oppose them.
Just like the last two.
Huh? Did you read the article? Post to the wrong thread?
Excellent advice; somehow I can’t see Grassley and McC following it.
So far, Republicans are handling this right. Most aren’t making commitments one way or the other. Right now the proper thing to do is honor Antonin Scalia’s memory and leave the public speculating to others.
Delaying it indefinitely is tricky. I personally like the idea. But many Americans don’t have my point of view and I have to take that into account. There is a saying, “if you don’t deal with reality, than reality will deal with you.”
That is an approach. Another is just to have Obama nominate someone, the Senate begins vetting, which of course will take a lot of time since it is an election year.
Sometime around June, the Senate filibusters or rejects the nominee in committee.
Obama nominates another. The same process happens, but the filibuster or rejection will be sometime in October.
Of course no way can a lame duck Senate go through a nomination process (it wouldn’t be fair, you know), so the third nominee is filibustered until the new President is sworn in, who (assuming Republican) will pull the nomination.
I see your point, but any movement like you propose is a de facto starting of a negotiation and we really shouldn’t do that at all. Delay, delay, delay, then say no and make Obama start the process again while the sand in his presidential hourglass runs out, imo.
Also, McConnell needs to make sure the Senate is always in an “in session” status to prevent any recess appointment of ANY judges, not just SCOTUS.
I think they will delay a vote until the end of June when the Supreme court releases their decisions, then I expect them to start softening to an Obama appointee with the excuse that a Republican President will likely appoint a replacement for Ginsburg returning the balance to the court.
From that point on they should simply ignore Obama on the subject entirely.
Aren't all the other options worse?
I thought I heard Grahamnesty say in an interview that even he is for doing that.
If you got him you probably have them all.
How can anyone in the GOP not see how bad things would be with five Melissa Harris Perry's on the court and one of them Chief Justice??
I’ve never heard of Melissa Harris Perry.
You don't know what you are missing...Saturdays and Sundays 10am-noon MSNBC
Enjoy
5 dumbest Melissa Harris-Perry quotes of 2013 [VIDEO]
Sample :
2.) She compared the term "Obamacare" to the "n-word": "President Obama has been labeled with this word by his opponents, and at first he rose above it, hoping that if he could just make a cause for what he'd achieved, his opponents would fail in making their label stick. But no matter how many successes that he had as president, he realized there were still many people for whom he'd never be anything more than that one disparaging word -- a belief he knew was held not just by his political opponents, but also by a significant portion of the American electorate.
I hope Obama appoints her. She’d drag her whole party down to defeat.
I thinks she’s a lawyer too. And a professor
It would be racism to oppose her nomination, and sexism, maybe LGBT-phobia for all we know.
Why? He’s right.
For a change.
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