He must nominate a qualified liberal.
Another tragedy in this GOP farce is the integrity of the Supreme Court. By their actions, the GOP is signaling that the Supreme Court is just another partisan body. Iām sure many people still consider the SCOTUS to be a non-partisan panel of judges upholding the law and the constitution, but the GOP is showing the country that is not the case. Heckuva job, Mitchy.
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Iām curious about who Obama will nominate. Since the Senate has pre-refused even a meeting, what kind of candidate will take on the job of prepping for and then being denied a hearing, without any real chance of becoming a Justice? I think this might be a move on the part of the Senate Republicans to tie the President in a knot. Who can he find to take on this task without sacrificing the person?
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āAn understanding of the way the world really works.ā Well, thatās going to tear it for Republicans. They like judges who ignore how the world really worksāthe kind of thinking that makes them equate money with speech, and conclude that pouring money into campaigns and junkets wonāt give the appearance of corruption.
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That game works both directions, though. Itās fairly easy to dig up McConnellās position on this when there was a Republican president. People pretend to not be transparently full of shit, but the fact is that works.
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I see this trope tossed about in many places. If there are no hearings then nothing negative is publicly revealed about the nominee. His rulings and opinions arenāt even dissected by the Senate. Yes, private investigative journalists and partisans may look into his/her background and publicly debate the nomineeās merits, weaknesses, etc. But I fail to see why getting turned down now means being precluded from future consideration. Since the acrimony and refusal to move on a nomination is so rancorous and in the open I donāt see the failed nominee getting a tainted name or reputation for their trouble.
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The adult in the room, once again.
Of course, there is no difference between the two parties. No, none at all.
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McConnell only cares about enlisting the GOP base and wayward Republican Senators in agreeing with the Senateās intransigence. He certainly knows citing Bidenās speech accomplishes little to nothing in swaying Democrats and Independents to his way of thinking. When GOP voters hear Bidenās words thatās all they need to know (in their minds) as to the (alleged) hypocrisy of Democrats in this fight. McConnell could give a shit about Dems citing similar language on his part. He holds the keys to the nominating process and heās not unlocking the door.
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My, the stench of the troll is particularly pungent today, isnāt it? I guess itās all the flop sweat from flailing when he is trying to defend an idiotic and false argument. Better drink a big glass of santorum before you dehydrate, Brooksie Baby.
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Am I the only one who also finds it telling that this is appearing in SCOTUSblog? Obama could have given an interview or a statement to any supreme court reporter from any paper or network in the country and had them groveling to publish it.
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But, had he done that, his message might well have been distorted by reporters who canāt distinguish the difference between ābalanceā and objectivity and their almost compulsive need to find false equivalences.
For example, the hypothetical reporter would almost assuredly (and illogically) write in the same article that Obama supported a filibuster against Alito and later voted against him and infer that this is exactly the same as not even allowing a nomination itself to proceed (which it is not).
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Question: which nominee did Biden reject out of hand? Which nominee didnāt even get a Senate hearing?
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Wish someone would tell that to the ones the Trans-Pecos is crawling with.
The rest of your stuff is also fictional, BTW. Donāt know whether itās ODS, or just the derangement part.
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Look, Iām on the Demās side in thinking hearings and a vote is deserved. Youāre preaching to the choir. But like I said, that is a partisan technicality the GOP base doesnāt give a damn about. Theyāll read and hear Bidenās words and stick to their now reinforced opinion of the issue. Whether an actual nominee was at stake is immaterial to them, an attempt by Dems at distraction.
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āthe GOP is signaling that the Supreme Court is just another partisan bodyā
Indeed. Just watching this. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-moyers/watch-a-crash-course-on-r_b_1843855.html
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Itās apparently not āblah, blah, blahā in Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Overall, voters are saying 2:1 to hold hearings. If you look among respondents identifying as āindependentā itās more like 3:1. If this continues, itās going to be an albatross around Portman and Toomeyās necks, and probably around Kirkās (in Illinois) as well. Feingold is running well ahead of Johnson in Wisconsin, and I canāt imagine these shenanigans are playing any better there.
McConnell is in a tough position this cycle. Itās objectively worse than the Democratās position in 2014. This kind of crap isnāt helping his vulnerable incumbents. But maybe heās tired of being majority leader.
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I dpnāt quite understand your question?
It is very telling what he thinks of the MSM
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Maddow is one of the few real-news (as opposed to pre-digested comic news a la Stewart or Oliver) who actually makes an effort to do the news in an even-handed and factual manner. Others who have tried to do this have been chased from the air.
I understand why Olbermannās gone ā he started believing his own hype. Schultz was too partisan. The list is longā¦ Iām not sure I understand how sheās stayed on the air. If others do understand it, why donāt they follow her lead?
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Itās a nice speech and there are a lot of good comments on it in here. But I donāt think we should forget the debate is one from two different moral plains, Obama from a vantage of Constitutional duty and the GOP fromā¦whatās best for the GOP. There is no resolution in a debate like that. One must be forced to meet the other head on or you end the discussion.
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