It’s my hope that RV enthusiasts Thomas and Alito will one day meet up out on the glorious open road — head-on at 75 mph.
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No shit??!!?!? You may go nuclear??? Wow, that would be so uncharacteristic of you guys.
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Fine. Make them do it. They are desperate for Dems to provide some bipartisan cover. Don’t give it to them.
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Holy shit. It’s not just you.
Quit talking and do it already.
This is going to be another ACA repeal -
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Damn, you’re smart.
There is a price to pay if they repeal the ACA.
Bigger than people think unless they really think about it - it isn’t just about the people who will lose coverage, it’s about the insurance industry in America. They know this.
There is a price to pay if they go nuclear - they lose the majority next year and we have free reign. They know this.
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So, let me get this straight. So long as the Democrats never use the filibuster, the GOP will be happy to keep it in place.
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Oh for fucks sake. So sick of this. Block him, let them use the “nuclear option.” holding this thing like a hostage is just complete bullshit. Let them own their disastrous unpopular policies.
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Speaking of nuclear…still no clarification regarding Flynn’s vague threat to Iran earlier…what 3 hours ago?
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So how do these staunch Constitutional originalists justify going ahead with hearing on Gorsuch when there is an outstanding nomination for the seat that they have taken no official action on? I’m pretty such the Constitution requires the sitting President to nominate and the Senate to advise and consent. The latter have abdicated that responsibility. Why is the assumption that Garland won’t be seated made? Couldn’t one also assume that the Senate essentially let the nomination through by inaction, the way a bill will pass without the President signing off if he fails to veto within a certain amount of time?
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Yes, assuming you realize that the GOP is free to use it for a year or more at a time to prevent a Democratic President from appointing anyone.
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They’re going to do it eventually. Might as well force their hand.
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I like that argument.
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I suggested that a few months ago, saying that the Dems should just vote “present” on every piece of legislation. That way, they can’t be blamed for what goes wrong, and things most certainly will go wrong.
That suggestion was not well received here.
The relationship between the GOP and Democratic Senators has devolved into the equivalent of an abuser-abused spouse dynamic. When the abused spouse tries to retaliate, the abuser says: “You’re not acting in the spirit of marriage and cooperation.”
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“Tradition…argle…bargle…precedent…argle…bargle…it’s always been done that way…argle…bargle…this time is different…argle bargle.”
Something like that.
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I watch Fox News from time to time to see what they’re pushing for the day, and they had a huge lineup of conservative Republicans today counseling Democrats on how horrific and destructive it would be to filibuster, and advising them not to do it. Which makes me think they’re scared Democrats will and (fingers crossed) maybe don’t really have the votes to change the rules.
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Thank you. You have more guts than I do.
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If I were on the Judiciary Committee, every question I’d ask Gorsuch would start, "So, how do you think Merrick Garland would approach the issue of . . . "
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