Discussion: These Are The Senate GOPers Willing To Meet With Obama's SCOTUS Pick

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Wow, that was fast and unexpected.

I guess said Senators realized that McTurtle’s strategy was flawed as those up for re-election would be hurt the most by refusing even a meeting! Now, even before the Democrats open up a full-court press against there newly formed anti-SC nominee group we have a handful of long-serving Senators scrambling to meet him on the very day he was announced!

Guess McTurtle and his immediate cohorts screwed up, eh?

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There is a big difference between meeting the nominee and actually having confirmation hearings. The Democrats need to make sure that people in the districts of these traitors understand that.

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So how many waring factions are we up to in the GOP?
Getting better by the hour. lol

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All of these are senators desperate to keep their seats, preferably by doing something that doesn’t have any real effect.

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“This is a matter of principle!”

What principle is that, Senator?

“The principle of harumph, ahh, uhm… gee.”

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Mark Kirk? The guy who accused Tammy Duckworth of not standing up for veterans?

WormSquirm strong in this one.

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Clearly, this new found “principle” is about the person…the person of the sitting president, who they will stop at absolutely nothing to insult and scorn. That has been made abundantly clear, to everyone.

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So we have 6 Senators that will ‘meet’ with the nominee?
Not consider them, but meet with them?
Mighty kind of them.

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These Are The Senate GOPers Willing To Meet With Obama’s SCOTUS Pick

When all is said and done?
I imagine there are likely 24 of them.
The 24 who are up for re-election this November.
Survival is instinctive. Party comes second.

jw1

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Hypothetically, if the Presidential nominees were all cool with this SCOTUS choice, it could move forward, right?

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Mitch McConnell will do what he thinks is necessary prior to November to preserve the GOP Senate Majority. What looks to be the best way to do that is TBD.

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The 'Let the People decide" argument is intellectually dishonest: The People have spoken and the GOP is refusing to listen. The argument is also absurd as a matter of Constitutional law: a President’s term runs for four years, not three.
And the GOP does not believe in their own argument: If they did, the 24 Republican Senators up for re-election would vote on nothing since they are 5 years out since the people last spoke.

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Why are any of those 24 voting on anything? Isn’t it high time that they wait for the People to speak so the next guy decides?

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Wait, are you saying the GOP is being disingenuous? I am shocked, SHOCKED.

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Well, actually, I’d say it’s mighty white of them.

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Absolutely. And why is the Supreme Court still deciding anything this year when, according to the Republicans, its membership is likewise about to change after the next election? Surely it’s also lame duck?

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This is best when said by an old curmudgeon, especially if the “harumph” is sputtered. LOL.

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They sound silly with their qualifiers, ‘but’, ‘if’, etc.

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I happened to be at a state Democratic Party gathering on Sunday. One of the speakers, Ted Strickland, is holding a slight lead over Portman for the Senate. Strickland hammered Portman for the “No need to confirm a new Justice for a year” BS. I hope ALL Dems do the same thing for every single GOTPer up for re-election.

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