re: Joe Biden on SCOTUS Nomination Process in 1992 -- the Biden Rule.

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President Bush should consider following the practice of a majority of his predecessors, and not AND NOT name a nominee until after the November election is completed.

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The idea that this kind of thing is a de facto rule is bullshite. It's not an explicit rule, it's something that has been done before, for whatever reason, and it's easily discarded as such. The idea of some kind of 'gentlemen's agreement' went out the window, especially when it comes to SCOTUS nominees, with the Bork nomination. Slow Joe can thank himself and Dead Ted Kennedy for that.

I for one am sick of people pointing at Trump and complaining about the coarseness of modern political discourse. That didn't start on the right, it started on, and is perpetuated by the left, finally manifesting itself in outright violence this year. Trump is just the first person on the right to give it back to them. I hope the Rs jam a nomination through the Senate before the election because you can bet your arse that is what the Ds would do.