Thank you for pointing that out. The term’s been so incorrectly used by the Republicans (deliberately so, I’m sure) and some in the media that I’m hyper-sensitive to it now. Perhaps it’s the words used and the way I hear it in my head, it just isn’t clear (to me). But, thank you for pointing that out.
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Yet, that position [Republicans' being open to confirming Garland in a lame-duck session] undermines Republicans' central argument so far that their opposition to Obama's pick for the Supreme Court has nothing to do with the merits of Obama's nominee and is instead just about one principle: the next president gets to pick the nominee.
It also shows (again) their hypocrisy when in 2010 and 2014 they said that senators who had just been defeated shouldn’t get to vote on anything in the lame-duck session, despite the fact that those senators had been elected to terms that didn’t end until January 3 of the following year(s).
“Those are my principles. And if you don’t like them, I have others.” —Groucho Marx
And these Repubs think they would be comfortable with a Trump nominee? Sheesh.
BTW, the commenting system is still effed up, at least in Safari on my iPad Air 2. After I submit a post and actually see it posted, I’m told that there was an error saving my message; when I tap “OK,” I’m taken back to the comment-editing field where apparently I can tap “Reply” to submit my post again. When I tap “Cancel,” I’m asked if I really want to “abandon” my post.
A big LOL – because Trump would nominate Ben Carson or Ted Cruz (“Hey, it’s just politics.”).
Then there’s that Sun, thingy. First it’s high in the sky and then it disappears. And the same thing happens tomorrow. Weird.
That’s exactly the problem I’m having. I’m on a home pc, using chrome or ie. TPM people are very aware of it and working on it.
More likely he would appoint his sister.
That’s right! I’d forgotten about her. I’ve read that she deliberately keeps a low profile. I’ve also read she is a pretty good judge.
The GOP are in the process of shooting themselves in the collective foot, in fact they’ve pretty much got it set up so that they can’t not shoot themselves in the foot.
They could have declared victory in “forcing” Obama to appoint a moderate, confirmed him, and put the issue behind them for the election. But no, obstruction is their brand now, they’re married to it.
Meanwhile, it’s looking like Trump most likely winds up the GOP nominee, and in the unlikely event that Trump actually managed to win the Presidency. we’d likely see a parade of laughably unqualified Trump cronies sent up as nominees. Shit, I’d half expect him to nominate himself.
We need all Dems to Vote so we can not only keep the GOP outof the WH but also win seats up for re-election.Then we may have a majority and if so we will fill every single open position.
May I suggest filling those positions with Judges no older than 45 years old.That should solve Judicial problems for many decades.
Fuk The GOP ! This is called KARMA !
Which might make Republicans squirm.
…Blunt also added that he, like many in the GOP, will not even meet with Garland.“I can barely schedule a call with my son’s math teacher yesterday so probably no,” Blunt said on the meeting.
Uh, if you can’t find the time to both talk to your son’s math teacher, and do the job you were elected to do, you should do the right thing for both your family and your country, and resign.
Also, bullshit.
So long as the GOP is talking principal here, why doesn’t the same principal apply to the GOP continuing to govern in the last year prior to elections of its new members?
Let the people decide - adjourn Congress until after the upcoming elections!
With a Garland zwischenzug thrown in, for good measure.
Over in The Hive we’re debating who the likely Vice Presidential choices will be. You should see who I predicted for Trump’s choice.
Much as I hate to agree with Graham, he’s right. Saying you won’t consider any nominee before the election, but would consider them during the lame-duck period is totally contradictory to the stated goal of having the next president, with a recent mandate from the voters, be the one to choose. Which is a bullshit argument to begin with, but this just makes it even more ridiculous, and even more transparently anti-democratic.
The other thing that’s beautiful about this nomination is that you can almost use it as an election futures market: as GOP senators become more pessimistic about Trump’s chances, you can expect growing numbers of them to start hinting that maybe - just maybe - this is an appointment they’d be willing to consider.
With a little luck, Trump himself will see this and understand what’s going on, and react in his trademark understated fashion. 11-dimensional chess, for real.
i’m just amazed that republicans finally figured out what “lame duck” really means.