Oh yeah, no doubt they're playing politics and I'm not going to argue they're perfect, but their obstructionism has been nowhere near that of the Republicans who refused to grant Garland a hearing, and fought against pretty much anything Obama did purely because it was Obama.
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Oh yeah, no doubt they're playing politics and I'm not going to argue they're perfect, but their obstructionism has been nowhere near that of the Republicans who refused to grant Garland a hearing, and fought against pretty much anything Obama did purely because it was Obama.
hard to argue with any of that
Why? If anything, it is going to be easier, given the high likelihood of the Republicans winning further seats in the upcoming Senate elections. And those are certainly not going to be seats held by moderates.
The GOP is in absolute control regarding SCOTUS picks for years to come, and they are not the ones to squander their opportunities in favor of compromise.
If things go badly, a 7-2 majority by the end of Trumps first term is far from being an unrealistic scenario
Unfortunately, the Republican party isn't interested in "good governance", but solely in power. And, if they have learned anything it's that obstruction and FUD spreading can take you far in that regard.
That's why a filibuster is important. Nominating a nutjob SCOTUS would put the Trump under a lot of pressure to make the 60 votes, so he may instead be incentivized to pick a more moderate one. Instead, the Dems have opted to play politics for no reason whatsoever and in the process undercut their leverage for the rest of Trump's time in office.
Actually both parties are fighting for power and doing whatever they can to retain it. The more you take one side of the other, the longer you are incentivizing the gridlock to continue.
Let's follow the basic logic. Assad doesn't do anything without Putin's blessing. Russia has technical capability to have defended Syria against those missiles. But he is outraged... outraged at the US strike. Oh, and the missiles didn't take out any air strips which is the main point of this sort of strike.
I don't see your point. There's nothing that suggests the GOP wouldn't have gone nuclear the next time, assuming Gorsuch(who is a certified right winger) wasn't blocked. Also, an upcoming 60 seat majority for the GOP isn't exactly unlikely.
Even if that were true, you want to preserve it for a nominee that actually warrants both parties going far enough to where they are willing to blow it up. Gorsuch isn't that nominee, as he's generally quite moderate by GOP standards. All the Dems have done now is play a political game that has failed. They get absolutely nothing for their efforts and have now provided Trump with an easy glide path to whatever future nominee he wants.
Hopefully they wont go after the legislative filibuster as that would be worse.
Just gotta hope no other supreme court vacancies come up till the the next election.
Exactly, that should end the discussion.
Every scientist losing their job should work on Ginsburg-prolonging therapy for the next 4 years.
Personally, I'd never trust a someone as my chief of staff that couldn't get the 'i before e' rule correct in his own name.
It would be a massive shakeup if true, since Bannon is basically last prominent populist/nationalists left over from the campaign. Basically, it would mean that Trump has jettisoned that entire philosophy that was successful for him during the campaign and is slowly orienting towards a professional governance posture.
You have to wonder who in the WH is leaking stuff to Cernovich (Not even a real journalist). He is linked to people in the alt-right movement, so could be Bannon.
The guy was the first to reveal the Susan Rice unmasking story and he posted before everyone else about the strikes on Syria.
Isn't there a case to be made whether he violated national security by revealing a upcoming mission/attack in a foreign country?
The guy was the first to reveal the Susan Rice unmasking story and he posted before everyone else about the strikes on Syria.
Isn't there a case to be made whether he violated national security by revealing a upcoming mission/attack in a foreign country?
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Poor Nigel.
They won't be getting a lot of help with this one. Rex and Donald are doing this alone.
Hannity is buggin' out.
@Raoul I just don't see where you are coming from on this. If the current GOP senators were normal people I'd agree with you. They are not. With this current crop I believe the filibuster on the next pick would have been worthless.
Don't you just love how for everything he does as president there's a polarising tweet from his past criticising the very thing he's just done. I'd Imagine if tomorrow he got attacked by a wild goose & his trousers fell down in the melee I bet in 2012 or something he will have tweeted "Only fat losers pants fall down when they get attacked by geese."
It is really quite hilarious.
Quite bleak that it isn't a massive story in itself when you think about it, though
well.. at least you didn't go for the easy Trump joke. Good for you.
I was just walking down the street on my own pissing myself at this and looking like a total looney.
Why has all the treason talk slowed down? Get this prick out of the whitehouse.
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It's not just Trump either. Several Republicans have Tweets that contradict previous Tweets, sometimes in the space of a few months or even less.
This weird argument about 'Shouldn't have allowed GOP to go nuclear' is crazy as feck. GOP just got rid of the 60 vote margin when their nominee could have been filibustered. Why the hell would you fold now and retain the filibuster option for the next time when the GOP can do the same and get rid of the majority vote next time?
It was only horrible choices for Dems and they chose a path that at least energizes their base.
It was only horrible choices for Dems and they chose a path that at least energizes their base.
The Democrats could have held their nose this time around and then in the midterms gain enough seats, so they could stop the GOP going nuclear, providing no other judge dies/retires until after nov 2018.
This got buried with all that's going on today
Lets see if Trump takes credit
Lets see if Trump takes credit
Senate seats up for re-election in 2018 are extremely unfavourable for the Dems so it won't happen, but also in that situation it would work out perfectly for them without a filibuster, either demand a proper moderate be put on or sit tight and wait for 2020.
This got buried with all that's going on today
Lets see if Trump takes credit
AHAHAHA
Okay it's not funny but in terms of Trump having been bragging for stuff he didn't earn, kind of funny.
This got buried with all that's going on today
Lets see if Trump takes credit
Where would I find a comparison to Obama's marchs? That'd be good to see.
Scroll down to the table here https://www.thebalance.com/jobs-report-monthly-employment-growth-statistics-3305732
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