Totenberg: Obama Got 'Backchannels' GOP Will Move SCOTUS Nomination After Election

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[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.

View the video here.

[okie01]

Why would the Senate be strongly democrat if Trump is at the head of the republican ticket????

Firstly, because Trump is the least likely Republican to win the general election. In most head-to-head match-ups, he loses to Hillary.

Secondly, the Republican Senate is not especially beloved by the Republican voters.

[okie01]

More like Ryan’s back channel.....

The House has nothing to do with confirmation of federal judges.

[Nateman]

All these people so willing to pick up a gun over this when all that is needed is to already in the Constitution : Article V

[meatloaf]

I really hope Fonda isn’t cremated. I’m also hoping she passes before me so I can anoint her grave.

[tinyowl]

I don't know if this has been brought up, but it struck me when I heard it today, and Wikipedia confirms it, and I believe it means Obama has zero intention or hope that Garland would ever ever ever be selected. Rather, it's a pure political play to start lining up nominees for the Republicans to shoot down.

They guy is 63. Are you REALLY going to nominate a guy that old? Look at past nominations.

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L
1
2	Nominee		President		Replacing		Nomination
3	Nominee	Age	President	Party	Justice	Seat	Senate Control	Submitted to Senate	Result	Vote	Date of Result	Days
4	John Jay	43	Washington	None	Inaugural	CJ	PA	9/24/1789	confirmed	voice	9/26/1789	2
5	John Rutledge	50	Washington	None	Inaugural	1	PA	9/24/1789	confirmed	voice	9/26/1789	2
6	William Cushing	57	Washington	None	Inaugural	2	PA	9/24/1789	confirmed	voice	9/26/1789	2
7	Robert H. Harrison	44	Washington	None	Inaugural	5	PA	9/24/1789	declined		9/26/1789	2
8	James Wilson	47	Washington	None	Inaugural	3	PA	9/24/1789	confirmed	voice	9/26/1789	2
9	John Blair, Jr.	57	Washington	None	Inaugural	4	PA	9/24/1789	confirmed	voice	9/26/1789	2
10	James Iredell	38	Washington	None	Inaugural	5	PA	2/8/1790	confirmed	voice	2/10/1790	2
11	Thomas Johnson[2]	57	Washington	None	Rutledge	1	PA	11/1/1791	confirmed	voice	11/7/1791	6
12	William Paterson	47	Washington	None	Johnson	1	PA	2/27/1793	withdrawn		2/28/1793	1
13	William Paterson	47	Washington	None	Johnson	1	PA	3/4/1793	confirmed	voice	3/4/1793	0
14	John Rutledge[1]	56	Washington	None	Jay	CJ	Fed	12/10/1795	rejected	10–14	12/15/1795	5
15	William Cushing[3]	63	Washington	None	Rutledge	CJ	Fed	1/26/1796	declined		1/27/1796	1
16	Samuel Chase	55	Washington	None	Blair	4	Fed	1/26/1796	confirmed	voice	1/27/1796	1
17	Oliver Ellsworth	51	Washington	None	Rutledge	CJ	Fed	3/3/1796	confirmed	21–1	3/4/1796	1
18	Bushrod Washington	36	J. Adams	Fed	Wilson	3	Fed	12/19/1798	confirmed	voice	12/20/1798	1
19	Alfred Moore	44	J. Adams	Fed	Iredell	5	Fed	12/4/1799	confirmed	voice	12/10/1799	6
20	John Jay	55	J. Adams	Fed	Ellsworth	CJ	Fed	12/18/1800	declined		12/19/1800	1
21	John Marshall	45	J. Adams	Fed	Ellsworth	CJ	Fed	1/20/1801	confirmed	voice	1/27/1801	7
22	William Johnson	32	Jefferson	D-R	Moore	5	D-R	3/22/1804	confirmed	voice	3/24/1804	2
23	Henry B. Livingston	49	Jefferson	D-R	Paterson	1	D-R	12/13/1806	confirmed	voice	12/17/1806	4
24	Thomas Todd	42	Jefferson	D-R	Inaugural	6	D-R	2/28/1807	confirmed	voice	3/2/1807	2
25	Levi Lincoln, Sr.	61	Madison	D-R	Cushing	2	D-R	1/2/1811	declined		1/3/1811	1
26	Alexander Wolcott	52	Madison	D-R	Cushing	2	D-R	2/4/1811	rejected	9–24	2/13/1811	9
27	John Quincy Adams	43	Madison	D-R	Cushing	2	D-R	2/21/1811	declined		2/22/1811	1
28	Joseph Story	32	Madison	D-R	Cushing	2	D-R	11/15/1811	confirmed	voice	11/18/1811	3
29	Gabriel Duvall	58	Madison	D-R	Chase	4	D-R	11/15/1811	confirmed	voice	11/18/1811	3
30	Smith Thompson[1]	55	Monroe	D-R	Livingston	1	D-R	12/5/1823	confirmed	voice	12/9/1823	4
31	Robert Trimble	49	J. Q. Adams	D-R	Todd	6	D-R	4/11/1826	confirmed	27–5	5/9/1826	28
32	John J. Crittenden	41	J. Q. Adams	D-R	Trimble	6	D-R	12/17/1828	postponed	23–17	2/12/1829	57
33	John McLean	43	Jackson	Dem	Trimble	6	Dem	3/6/1829	confirmed	voice	3/7/1829	1
34	Henry Baldwin	49	Jackson	Dem	Washington	3	Dem	1/4/1830	confirmed	41–2	1/6/1830	2
35	James Moore Wayne	44	Jackson	Dem	Johnson	5	NR	1/6/1835	confirmed	voice	1/9/1835	3
36	Roger B. Taney	57	Jackson	Dem	Duvall	4	NR	1/15/1835	postponed	24–21	3/3/1835	47
37	Roger B. Taney	58	Jackson	Dem	Marshall	CJ	Dem	12/28/1835	confirmed	29–15	3/15/1836	78
38	Philip P. Barbour	52	Jackson	Dem	Duvall	4	Dem	12/28/1835	confirmed	30–11	3/15/1836	78
39	William Smith	74	Jackson	Dem	Inaugural	7	Dem	3/3/1837	declined	23–18	3/8/1837	5
40	John Catron	51	Jackson	Dem	Inaugural	7	Dem	3/3/1837	confirmed	28–15	3/8/1837	5
41	John McKinley	57	Van Buren	Dem	Inaugural	8	Dem	9/18/1837	confirmed	voice	9/25/1837	7
42	Peter Vivian Daniel	56	Van Buren	Dem	Barbour	4	Dem	2/26/1841	confirmed	25–5	3/2/1841	4
43	John C. Spencer	56	Tyler	None	Thompson	1	Whig	1/9/1844	rejected	21–26	1/31/1844	22
44	Reuben Walworth	55	Tyler	None	Thompson	1	Whig	3/13/1844	withdrawn	27–20[4]	6/17/1844	4
45	Edward King	50	Tyler	None	Baldwin	3	Whig	6/5/1844	postponed	29–18	6/15/1844	10
46	John C. Spencer	56	Tyler	None	Thompson	1	Whig	6/17/1844	withdrawn		6/17/1844	0
47	Reuben Walworth	55	Tyler	None	Thompson	1	Whig	6/17/1844	no action		June 17, 1844[5]	0
48	Edward King	50	Tyler	None	Baldwin	3	Whig	12/4/1844	withdrawn		2/7/1845	65
49	Reuben Walworth	56	Tyler	None	Thompson	1	Whig	12/4/1844	withdrawn		2/4/1845	62
50	Samuel Nelson	52	Tyler	None	Thompson	1	Whig	2/4/1845	confirmed	voice	2/14/1845	10
51	John M. Read	47	Tyler	None	Baldwin	3	Whig	2/7/1845	no action			0
52	George Woodward	36	Polk	Dem	Baldwin	3	Dem	12/23/1845	rejected	20–29	1/22/1846	30
53	Levi Woodbury[1]	56	Polk	Dem	Story	2	Dem	12/23/1845	confirmed	voice	1/31/1846	39
54	Robert Cooper Grier	52	Polk	Dem	Baldwin	3	Dem	8/3/1846	confirmed	voice	8/4/1846	1
55	Benjamin R. Curtis[1]	42	Fillmore	Whig	Woodbury	2	Dem	12/11/1851	confirmed	voice	12/20/1851	9
56	Edward A. Bradford	38	Fillmore	Whig	McKinley	8	Dem	8/16/1852	no action			0
57	George E. Badger	57	Fillmore	Whig	McKinley	8	Dem	1/3/1853	withdrawn		2/14/1853	42
58	William C. Micou	46	Fillmore	Whig	McKinley	8	Dem	2/14/1853	no action			0
59	John A. Campbell	41	Pierce	Dem	McKinley	8	Dem	3/21/1853	confirmed	voice	3/22/1853	1
60	Nathan Clifford	54	Buchanan	Dem	Curtis	2	Dem	12/9/1857	confirmed	26–23	1/12/1858	34
61	Jeremiah S. Black	51	Buchanan	Dem	Daniel	4	Dem	2/5/1861	no action	25–26[6]	2/21/1861	16
62	Noah Haynes Swayne	57	Lincoln	Rep	McLean	6	Rep	1/21/1862	confirmed	38–1	1/24/1862	3
63	Samuel Freeman Miller	48	Lincoln	Rep	Daniel	4	Rep	7/16/1862	confirmed	voice	7/16/1862	0
64	David Davis	47	Lincoln	Rep	Campbell	8	Rep	12/1/1862	confirmed	voice	12/8/1862	7
65	Stephen Johnson Field	46	Lincoln	Rep	Inaugural	9	Rep	3/6/1863	confirmed	voice	3/10/1863	4
66	Salmon P. Chase	56	Lincoln	Rep	Taney	CJ	Rep	12/6/1864	confirmed	voice	12/6/1864	0
67	Henry Stanbery	63	A. Johnson	None	Catron	7	Rep	4/16/1866	no action			0
68	Ebenezer R. Hoar	53	Grant	Rep	Inaugural	10	Rep	12/14/1869	rejected	24–33	2/3/1870	51
69	Edwin M. Stanton	54	Grant	Rep	Grier	3	Rep	12/20/1869	confirmed[7]	46–11	12/20/1869	0
70	William Strong	61	Grant	Rep	Grier	3	Rep	2/7/1870	confirmed		2/18/1870	1
71	Joseph P. Bradley	56	Grant	Rep	Inaugural	10	Rep	2/7/1870	confirmed	46–9	3/21/1870	42
72	Ward Hunt	62	Grant	Rep	Nelson	1	Rep	12/3/1872	confirmed	voice	12/11/1872	8
73	George Henry Williams	50	Grant	Rep	Chase	CJ	Rep	12/1/1873	withdrawn		1/8/1874	38
74	Caleb Cushing	73	Grant	Rep	Chase	CJ	Rep	1/9/1874	withdrawn		1/13/1874	4
75	Morrison Waite	58	Grant	Rep	Chase	CJ	Rep	1/19/1874	confirmed	63–0	1/21/1874	2
76	John Marshall Harlan	44	Hayes	Rep	Davis	8	Rep	10/16/1877	confirmed	voice	11/29/1877	44
77	William Burnham Woods	56	Hayes	Rep	Strong	3	Dem	12/15/1880	confirmed	39–8	12/21/1880	6
78	Stanley Matthews	57	Hayes	Rep	Swayne	6	Dem	1/26/1881	no action			0
79	Stanley Matthews	57	Garfield	Rep	Swayne	6	Split	3/14/1881	confirmed	24–23	5/12/1881	59
80	Horace Gray	53	Arthur	Rep	Clifford	2	Split	12/19/1881	confirmed	51–5	12/20/1881	1
81	Roscoe Conkling	52	Arthur	Rep	Hunt	1	Split	2/24/1882	declined	39–12	3/2/1882	6
82	Samuel Blatchford	62	Arthur	Rep	Hunt	1	Split	3/13/1882	confirmed	voice	3/22/1882	9
83	Lucius Q.C. Lamar	62	Cleveland	Dem	Woods	3	Rep	12/6/1887	confirmed	32–28	1/16/1888	41
84	Melville Fuller	55	Cleveland	Dem	Waite	CJ	Rep	4/30/1888	confirmed	41–20	7/20/1888	81
85	David Josiah Brewer	52	B. Harrison	Rep	Matthews	6	Rep	12/4/1889	confirmed	53–11	12/18/1889	14
86	Henry Billings Brown	54	B. Harrison	Rep	Miller	4	Rep	12/23/1890	confirmed	voice	12/29/1890	6
87	George Shiras, Jr.	60	B. Harrison	Rep	Bradley	10	Rep	7/19/1892	confirmed	voice	7/26/1892	7
88	Howell E. Jackson	60	B. Harrison	Rep	Lamar	3	Rep	2/2/1893	confirmed	voice	2/18/1893	16
89	William Hornblower	42	Cleveland	Dem	Blatchford	1	Dem	9/19/1893	no action			0
90	William Hornblower	42	Cleveland	Dem	Blatchford	1	Dem	12/5/1893	rejected	24–30	1/15/1894	41
91	Wheeler H. Peckham	61	Cleveland	Dem	Blatchford	1	Dem	1/22/1894	rejected	32–41	2/16/1894	25
92	Edward D. White	61	Cleveland	Dem	Blatchford	1	Dem	2/19/1894	confirmed	voice	2/19/1894	0
93	Rufus W. Peckham	57	Cleveland	Dem	Jackson	3	Rep	12/3/1895	confirmed	voice	12/9/1895	6
94	Joseph McKenna	54	McKinley	Rep	Field	9	Rep	12/16/1897	confirmed	voice	1/21/1898	36
95	Oliver W. Holmes, Jr.[1]	61	T. Roosevelt	Rep	Gray	2	Rep	12/2/1902	confirmed	voice	12/4/1902	2
96	William R. Day	53	T. Roosevelt	Rep	Shiras	10	Rep	2/19/1903	confirmed	voice	2/23/1903	4
97	William Henry Moody	52	T. Roosevelt	Rep	Brown	4	Rep	12/3/1906	confirmed	voice	12/12/1906	9
98	Horace Harmon Lurton	65	Taft	Rep	Peckham	3	Rep	12/13/1909	confirmed	voice	12/20/1909	7
99	Charles Evans Hughes	48	Taft	Rep	Brewer	6	Rep	4/25/1910	confirmed	voice	5/2/1910	7
100	Edward D. White[2]	65	Taft	Rep	Fuller	CJ	Rep	12/12/1910	confirmed	voice	12/12/1910	0
101	Willis Van Devanter	51	Taft	Rep	White	1	Rep	12/12/1910	confirmed	voice	12/15/1910	3
102	Joseph Rucker Lamar	53	Taft	Rep	Moody	4	Rep	12/12/1910	confirmed	voice	12/15/1910	3
103	Mahlon Pitney	54	Taft	Rep	Harlan	8	Rep	2/19/1912	confirmed	50–26	3/13/1912	23
104	James C. McReynolds	52	Wilson	Dem	Lurton	3	Dem	8/19/1914	confirmed	44–6	8/29/1914	10
105	Louis Brandeis	59	Wilson	Dem	Lamar	4	Dem	1/28/1916	confirmed	47–22	6/1/1916	125
106	John Hessin Clarke	58	Wilson	Dem	Hughes	6	Dem	7/14/1916	confirmed	voice	7/24/1916	10
107	William Howard Taft	63	Harding	Rep	White	CJ	Rep	6/30/1921	confirmed	voice	6/30/1921	0
108	George Sutherland	60	Harding	Rep	Clarke	6	Rep	9/5/1922	confirmed	voice	9/5/1922	0
109	Pierce Butler	56	Harding	Rep	Day	10	Rep	11/21/1922	no action			0
110	Pierce Butler	56	Harding	Rep	Day	10	Rep	12/5/1922	confirmed	61–8	12/21/1922	16
111	Edward Terry Sanford	58	Harding	Rep	Pitney	8	Rep	1/24/1923	confirmed	voice	1/29/1923	5
112	Harlan F. Stone	52	Coolidge	Rep	McKenna	9	Rep	1/5/1925	confirmed	71–6	2/5/1925	31
113	Charles Evans Hughes	67	Hoover	Rep	Taft	CJ	Rep	2/3/1930	confirmed	52–26	2/13/1930	10
114	John J. Parker	44	Hoover	Rep	Sanford	8	Rep	3/21/1930	rejected	39–41	5/7/1930	47
115	Owen Roberts	55	Hoover	Rep	Sanford	8	Rep	5/9/1930	confirmed	voice	5/20/1930	11
116	Benjamin N. Cardozo	61	Hoover	Rep	Holmes	2	Rep	2/15/1932	confirmed	voice	2/24/1932	9
117	Hugo Black	51	F. Roosevelt	Dem	Van Devanter	1	Dem	8/12/1937	confirmed	63–16	8/17/1937	5
118	Stanley Forman Reed	53	F. Roosevelt	Dem	Sutherland	6	Dem	1/15/1938	confirmed	voice	1/25/1938	10
119	Felix Frankfurter	56	F. Roosevelt	Dem	Cardozo	2	Dem	1/5/1939	confirmed	voice	1/17/1939	12
120	William O. Douglas	40	F. Roosevelt	Dem	Brandeis	4	Dem	3/20/1939	confirmed	62–4	4/4/1939	15
121	Frank Murphy	50	F. Roosevelt	Dem	Butler	10	Dem	1/4/1940	confirmed	voice	1/16/1940	14
122	Harlan F. Stone[2]	68	F. Roosevelt	Dem	Hughes	CJ	Dem	6/12/1941	confirmed	voice	6/27/1941	15
123	James F. Byrnes	58	F. Roosevelt	Dem	McReynolds	3	Dem	6/12/1941	confirmed	voice	6/12/1941	0
124	Robert H. Jackson	49	F. Roosevelt	Dem	Stone	9	Dem	6/12/1941	confirmed	voice	7/7/1941	25
125	Wiley Blount Rutledge	48	F. Roosevelt	Dem	Byrnes	3	Dem	1/11/1943	confirmed	voice	2/8/1943	28
126	Harold Hitz Burton	57	Truman	Dem	Roberts	8	Dem	9/19/1945	confirmed	voice	9/19/1945	0
127	Fred M. Vinson	56	Truman	Dem	Stone	CJ	Dem	6/6/1946	confirmed	voice	6/20/1946	14
128	Tom C. Clark	49	Truman	Dem	Murphy	10	Dem	8/2/1949	confirmed	73–8	8/18/1949	16
129	Sherman Minton	58	Truman	Dem	Rutledge	3	Dem	9/15/1949	confirmed	48–16	10/4/1949	19
130	Earl Warren[1]	62	Eisenhower	Rep	Vinson	CJ	Rep	1/11/1954	confirmed	voice	3/1/1954	49
131	John Marshall Harlan II	55	Eisenhower	Rep	Jackson	9	Rep	11/9/1954	no action			0
132	John Marshall Harlan II	55	Eisenhower	Rep	Jackson	9	Rep	1/10/1955	confirmed	71–11	3/16/1955	65
133	William J. Brennan, Jr.[1]	50	Eisenhower	Rep	Minton	3	Dem	1/14/1957	confirmed	voice	3/19/1957	64
134	Charles Evans Whittaker	56	Eisenhower	Rep	Reed	6	Dem	3/2/1957	confirmed	voice	3/19/1957	17
135	Potter Stewart[1]	44	Eisenhower	Rep	Burton	8	Dem	1/17/1959	confirmed	70–17	5/5/1959	108
136	Byron White	44	Kennedy	Dem	Whittaker	6	Dem	4/3/1962	confirmed	voice	4/11/1962	8
137	Arthur Goldberg	54	Kennedy	Dem	Frankfurter	2	Dem	8/31/1962	confirmed	voice	9/25/1962	25
138	Abe Fortas	55	L. Johnson	Dem	Goldberg	2	Dem	7/28/1965	confirmed	voice	8/11/1965	14
139	Thurgood Marshall	58	L. Johnson	Dem	Clark	10	Dem	6/13/1967	confirmed	69–11	8/30/1967	78
140	Abe Fortas[2]	58	L. Johnson	Dem	Warren	CJ	Dem	6/26/1968	withdrawn		10/4/1968	100
141	Homer Thornberry	59	L. Johnson	Dem	Fortas	2	Dem	6/26/1968	no action			0
142	Warren E. Burger	61	Nixon	Rep	Warren	CJ	Dem	5/23/1969	confirmed	74–3	6/9/1969	17
143	Clement Haynsworth	56	Nixon	Rep	Fortas	2	Dem	8/21/1969	rejected	45–55	11/21/1969	92
144	G. Harrold Carswell	50	Nixon	Rep	Fortas	2	Dem	1/19/1970	rejected	45–51	4/8/1970	79
145	Harry Blackmun	61	Nixon	Rep	Fortas	2	Dem	4/15/1970	confirmed	94–0	5/12/1970	27
146	Lewis F. Powell, Jr.	63	Nixon	Rep	Black	1	Dem	10/22/1971	confirmed	89–1	12/6/1971	45
147	William Rehnquist	47	Nixon	Rep	Harlan	2	Dem	10/22/1971	confirmed	68–26	12/10/1971	49
148	John Paul Stevens	55	Ford	Rep	Douglas	4	Dem	11/28/1975	confirmed	98–0	12/17/1975	19
149	Sandra Day O'Connor	51	Reagan	Rep	Stewart	8	Rep	8/19/1981	confirmed	99–0	9/21/1981	33
150	William Rehnquist[2]	61	Reagan	Rep	Burger	CJ	Rep	6/20/1986	confirmed	65–33	9/17/1986	89
151	Antonin Scalia	50	Reagan	Rep	Rehnquist	9	Rep	6/24/1986	confirmed	98–0	9/17/1986	85
152	Robert Bork	60	Reagan	Rep	Powell	1	Dem	7/1/1987	rejected	42–58	10/23/1987	114
153	Anthony Kennedy	51	Reagan	Rep	Powell	1	Dem	11/30/1987	confirmed	97–0	2/3/1988	65
154	David Souter	50	G.H.W. Bush	Rep	Brennan	3	Dem	7/25/1990	confirmed	90–9	10/2/1990	69
155	Clarence Thomas	43	G.H.W. Bush	Rep	Marshall	7	Dem	7/8/1991	confirmed	52–48	10/15/1991	99
156	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	60	Clinton	Dem	White	6	Dem	6/14/1993	confirmed	96–3	8/3/1993	50
157	Stephen Breyer	55	Clinton	Dem	Blackmun	2	Dem	5/17/1994	confirmed	87–9	7/29/1994	73
158	John Roberts	50	G.W. Bush	Rep	O'Connor	8	Rep	7/29/2005	withdrawn		9/6/2005	39
159	John Roberts	50	G.W. Bush	Rep	Rehnquist	CJ	Rep	9/6/2005	confirmed	78–22	9/29/2005	23
160	Harriet Miers	60	G.W. Bush	Rep	O'Connor	8	Rep	10/7/2005	withdrawn		10/28/2005	21
161	Samuel Alito	55	G.W. Bush	Rep	O'Connor	8	Rep	11/10/2005	confirmed	58–42	1/31/2006	82
162	Sonia Sotomayor	54	Obama	Dem	Souter	3	Dem	6/1/2009	confirmed	68–31	8/6/2009	66
163	Elena Kagan	50	Obama	Dem	Stevens	4	Dem	5/10/2010	confirmed	63 –37[1]	8/5/2010	87
164	Merrick Garland	63	Obama	Dem	Scalia	9	Rep	3/16/2016	pending[2]

[Larry Lucido]

Man, that Washington guy just packed that court!

[Larry Lucido]

Never realized Nixon has so many appointments.

[Polyxene]

When I first saw the picture, I thought it was Helen Thomas come back to life!

[tinyowl]

Washington and FDR, birds of a feather :-)

[Larry Lucido]

:-)

[Georgia Girl 2]

Wrong. Trump as the likely next President will be putting Mitch and the boys on notice that he is picking the next nominee.

[mac_truck]

This is all about the Senate preserving their own power.

If Trump wins they could conceivably use the same strategy to threaten the newly elected President in waiting.

[patq]

Well its from NPR so it must be true. She turned on her sex appeal and got someone to talk. I hope Trump eliminates all npr subsidies.

[Volunteer]

No, she is not dead. She just looks like she is.

[Blue Highway]

I think he meant the Republican majority Senate would approve the next SCOTUS pick after the election, but before the next president takes office, AFTER Nov.8th 2016, but BEFORE Jan. 20th 2017

[ModelBreaker]

Duh. That’s always been the plan. McConnell has been careful to say we won’t consider it until after the election. He has not said until “after the new Congress convenes in 2017.”

They have always planned to push Obama’s nominee through in the lame duck session.

[elcid1970]

You & me both, my FRiend.

Rumor has had it for decades that Hanoi Jane Bitch is well aware of our intentions and has arranged for her filthy remains to be dispersed far beyond our abilities to salute them in an appropriately liquid fashion.

[JBW1949]

Do you believe those head to head polls???

Who puts them out??? Who is trying their damned hardest to influence people against Trump???

IMO, Trump will annihilate Hillary in the general Election...

[okie01]

IMO, Trump will annihilate Hillary in the general Election...

Like you said, "Your opinion".

Polls this far ahead of the general election are, of course, of questionable value. You can't accurately foretell the future.

However, they are a reasonably accurate snapshot of the public mood today.

So, yeah, they mean something.

[TangibleDisgust]

Stunts like this are exactly the reason voters do not trust the GOP.

the stupid party up to its old tricks again. they will never learn. after the election i think i'll switch my registration to independent. this GOP has been laughably incompetent ever since Reagan left office.