Ah, the olâ surrender at the first threat of blackmail stunt - that always works out wellâŚ
So, once again, Brave, Brave McCaskill will bravely run away. All in the service to Empire. This is precisely why âDemocratsâ continue to lose electionsâŚ
Fax to McCaskill.
Grow some ovaries Claire.
I really do not understand this argument. If thereâs another vacancy (God forbid), the exact same scenario will happen as is happening today. What would make a shred of difference to the Republicans? They will be only too happy to ânukeâ the filibuster for a liberal vacancy. Their base would be giddy.
Definitely! Let the nuking be on the Republicanâts. There are more than a few Republicanât Senators who do NOT want to get rid of the filibuster, because it greatly reduces their individual institutional power and prerogativeâŚ
"Since Gorsuch would replace another staunch conservative, the late Justice Antonin Scalia, it would be the next vacancy that truly tips the ideological balance of the high court.â
Well, Iâm sure the GOP would play nice and preserve the filibuster under those circumstances.*
*Eyes roll into back of head.
Get with it please
McCaskill - giving us reasons to stop supporting people like her.
If you DONâT filibuster Gorsuch, after hollering for months about how a Trump administration would be disastrous when it came to the Supreme court, you will face even worse consequences at the ballot box. Why should ANYBODY vote for you?
Illogical! Illogical! Norman coordinate!
For a Dem Senator from a red state I would say she is generally good. But she is also extremely dumb now and then. This one is one of such dumbest momentsâŚ
Like the party over country arsonists are going to give any when replacing RBG no matter what you do now. Sorry Clarie, youâre living in a dream world.
McCaskill, Manchin, Heitkamp, Tester, NelsonâŚthatâs five. (And to be clear, I donât fault these senators for doing what they need to keep their seats on this issue. Itâll be different if there are eight, however.)
Edit: Add Donnelly (Indiana).
It is time to stop being strategic and start being principled, Senator.
letâem burn it down⌠then the Worldâs Greatest Deliberative Body becomes the House of Representatives with longer termsâŚ
Conservatives longing to bring back the âgood old daysâ sure have a funny way of forgetting themâŚ
I like McCaskill and think she can hold that seat. I would even concede that her argument has validity in an ahistorical context. But this position of hers, if it is what she settles upon, is bad for the party. We need to be viewed as fighters even when we lose. Gotta force Mitchâs hand. She can always defend a no vote on Gorsuch. Heâs so anti-working class that no one in MO will fault her for it.
Agree completely. Iâve not understood this mealy-mouth âstrategyâ of saving our filibuster so the GOP can use the nuclear option later. Huh? IF Gorsuch wasnât a regressive, partisan tool â i.e. more of a centrist like Garland â then thereâd be an argument that the GOP might pull him back and nuke a conservative ideologue throughâŚbut Gorsuch is that.
AND the McCaskill argument also validates the BS frame that this seat was somehow constitutionally allocated to a conservative and weâre just replacing Scalia with his replicant. Maddening that only us valiant commenters seem to be calling this weak-ass s**t for what it is!
She is facing an election where she isnât going to be challenged by the worst candidate in the history of the senate in a state without a functioning Democratic party. I would be frightened too.