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Posted on 1/30/17 at 3:01 pm to bamarep
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Democrats being obstructionists as usual.
Would it be OK for the Dems to take as long as the Repubs did on Merrick Garland?
Posted on 1/30/17 at 3:02 pm to Tigerdev
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I think Obama made some attempts to compromise with the Republicans early on
WOW, talk about revisionist history.
Posted on 1/30/17 at 3:05 pm to Sentrius
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That means Trump's nominee will need 60 votes to be confirmed by the Senate.
How hard should it be for Trump to propose a Supreme Court Justice who would be accepable to 60 senators?
Posted on 1/30/17 at 3:08 pm to crash1211
The difference here is that Garland was going to be appointed by a lame duck president only a few months before his term ended. This is an appointment made at the beginning of Trumps term. Are they going to block them all for four years. 
Posted on 1/30/17 at 3:16 pm to golfntiger32
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The difference here is that Garland was going to be appointed by a lame duck president only a few months before his term ended.
Scalia passed away just shy of a year before the end of Obama's term, and Garland was nominated about a month later. 10 months is a bit longer than a few.
Posted on 1/30/17 at 3:19 pm to golfntiger32
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The difference here is that Garland was going to be appointed by a lame duck president only a few months before his term ended. This is an appointment made at the beginning of Trumps term. Are they going to block them all for four years
Not just a few months. Scalia died on February 13, 2016, and Republicans almost immediately said they would not confirm any Obama nominee. And they wouldn't even take a chance Garland, a moderate judge, might silp through. So they dodn't even bring it up for a vote.
Posted on 1/30/17 at 3:20 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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well the republicans did it to them so it's only fair. As much as I hate to say that.
Not exactly. There was an election that was about to take place.
Posted on 1/30/17 at 3:24 pm to Sentrius
And I am SURE this board was Furious with the Republicans refusal of Obama's pick.
Posted on 1/30/17 at 3:30 pm to Sentrius
Of the 25 Democrat or Independent Senators up for reelection in 2018 how many will carry the charade to the point it sinks their reelection chances?
Posted on 1/30/17 at 3:41 pm to Sentrius
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That means Trump's nominee will need 60 votes to be confirmed by the Senate.
How hard should it be for Trump to propose a Supreme Court Justice who would be accepable to 60 senators?
Posted on 1/30/17 at 4:20 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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well the republicans did it to them so it's only fair. As much as I hate to say that.
Everyone, take note...I am about to criticize a potential Democratic filibuster of a SCOTUS nominee.
What the GOP did with Garland is BS. Democrats filibustering a nominee because "they did it" is BS. Take the nominee and thoroughly vet them. If they suck, then anchor him/her.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 11:03 am to Mike da Tigah
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ATTENTION: Those who think that a middle ground can be found with Democrats, as if the past 8 years haven't taught you they desire no middle ground, this should hopefully serve as another reminder that there is NO middle ground to be had with radicals, and that's exactly what they have become. When we bend, we only take the line of middle ground further and further to the left. It never goes to the right, so stop bending. Take notes from Obama. He didn't give a rats arse about Conservatives and finding a middle ground. frick the Democrats, exactly like they treated Conservatives, give them their own medicine.
AMEN to that.
These radicals must be eliminated by allowing them to spin out of control and become the universal disgust that they are.
Do not give them an inch. Keep the boot on their neck. Ignore their wailing.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 11:05 am to Sentrius
They shouldn't go nuclear. The Senate is not the house. It was designed to protect the minority party so that nothing would get done. Getting rid of the cloture rule just means that the conservatives will be run over when the pendulum swings back again.
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