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In response to "I was no Scalia fan at all but I wonder with a hostile Senate how anyone even remotely liberal gets confirmed." by Tim

what's the cost to the GOP of denying a replacement

Posted by sweet baboo (aka chris) Feb 13 '16, 14:37

it is literally the no-win situation for them

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I really believe you are misreading the public appetite on this one. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 13, 14:42 10
- i understand the GOP's position. i just think it would be a spectacularly bad move to play it that way -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 13, 14:44 9
  - The turnout drive works for both parties. And I think some democrats would reject the "Nominate on the way out the door" approach as unfair. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 13, 14:46 8
    - If the president chose when vacancies occurred, the "nominate on the way out" would be valid. - TWuG Feb 13, 14:51
    - replacing Scalia on the Court has been the Holy Grail for Dems for decades - sweet baboo Feb 13, 14:47 6
      - He can try. I'll just be surprised if the Senate cannot stall it past November. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 13, 14:51 1
        
        as i say, i look forward to watching them try -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 13, 14:52
      - did conservatives like him? probably a little more than the liberals but still, an asshole who could go either way unexpectedly -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 13, 14:50 3
        
        He is the conservative legal pillar. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 13, 14:55
        
        he's the conservative legal god -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 13, 14:53
        
        The Right loves Scalia. -- nm - TWuG Feb 13, 14:52
they have done nothing but block everything they can, the only hurt I can see is the rise of Trump -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 13, 14:40 2
- there would be no better way to drive Democrat turnout in November than to leave that vacancy open with a nominee pending for 9 months -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 13, 14:41 1
  - it would work just as well for the republican side, remember (conspiracy theory) - zeitgeist Feb 13, 14:45
right, any other year, the GOP senate could give Obama a list of acceptable replacements. - Tim Feb 13, 14:39

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