Buckly
5 year old buck +
I don't think CNN would even consider re broadcasting that piece. It should however be sent to every major network out there. Somebody might play it.
biglakeba$$
5 year old buck +
Ha... very doubtful.
Sad really.
Sad really.
buckvelvet
5 year old buck +
Yeah trump will prolly get 1 more. Neil Gorsuch is 49.
He's already the Best POtUS we could have hoped for!
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Big Snow Man
5 year old buck +
They have to many stickers now ! What will they do ?
BuckSutherland
5 year old buck +
Kennedy (80) was appointed by Reagan, not JFK. Maybe Ruth Bader Ginsburg (83) will try to ride out the next 4 years and hope that Trump loses. At least 3 and then the Democrats could obstruct like the Republicans just did to Obama's nominee Garland. There is a lot on the line with the heartbeat of Ginsburg.
If something happened to Breyer (78) and Ginsburg they could conceivably flip the court from (4.5 to 4) to (5.5 to 3) assuming Trump replaces Kennedy as well. John Roberts only counts for half a vote.
And if Trump does a good job in the next two years the 2018 midterms have 25 democrat senators up for reelection against 8 republicans. I see a clear path to 60 republican senators. He could run the table on his entire agenda then.
TMIL
5 year old buck +
Pardon my ignorance, but what is the nuke option?
TMIL
5 year old buck +
To this point ... not a great time to be setting yourself up as the polar opposite, huh? They insist though.
BuckSutherland
5 year old buck +
Traditionally judges need to be confirmed by 60 senators to break a filibuster. If the democrats have 41+ senators that really oppose Gorsuch they could kill his nomination with a filibuster and there is nothing republicans could do under traditional senate rules. A few years ago the democrats and Harry Reid changed senate rules to a simple majority of 51 senators to get a whole bunch of Obama's dirty work done (such as federal judges). It was/is seen as a hostile move.
The Gorsuch nomination will not need the "nuke" option. He will be confirmed with 60+ votes. The democrats will huff and puff to pander to their bases, but in the end they will cave.
Bill
Administrator
I remeber being astonished when Harry Reid changed the rules. Not because he actually did it. That wasn't surprising. But the fact that he changed historical senate rules that could be used against his own party someday without a care. Guess Harry figured it wouldn't happen in his lifetime. Boy was he mistaken.
H20fwler
5 year old buck +
I sure don't remember the Republicans being so petty, juvinile and militant on every single thing Obama did when he went into office in 2009?
I'm sure there were definetly some Republican politicians that were idiots but what is happening now is just ridiculous. And all the protests and marches over every single thing now too? That didn't happen in 2009.
What the heck happened to the Democrat party, it has turned into the party of intolerance and hate any more.....so much for bipartisanship. Nice legacy for President Obama to leave.
I'm sure there were definetly some Republican politicians that were idiots but what is happening now is just ridiculous. And all the protests and marches over every single thing now too? That didn't happen in 2009.
What the heck happened to the Democrat party, it has turned into the party of intolerance and hate any more.....so much for bipartisanship. Nice legacy for President Obama to leave.
