Register | Sign In


Understanding through Discussion


EvC Forum active members: 63 (9161 total)
3 online now:
Newest Member: popoi
Post Volume: Total: 915,581 Year: 2,838/9,624 Month: 683/1,588 Week: 89/229 Day: 61/28 Hour: 0/3


Thread  Details

Email This Thread
Newer Topic | Older Topic
  
Author Topic:   Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's dead. The maneuvering begins!
PaulK
Member
Posts: 17815
Joined: 01-10-2003
Member Rating: 2.1


Message 102 of 122 (780633)
03-18-2016 2:27 AM
Reply to: Message 101 by Minnemooseus
03-17-2016 11:36 PM


Re: The Merrick Garland choice
Once the Republicans vowed to set aside precedent in a nakedly partisan move, why wouldn't Obama rub it in by choosing a candidate that they couldn't reasonably object to ? Why give them an excuse for fighting him ? If the appointment is "about the election" why not help the Republicans make themselves look bad ?
Obama has been pretty moderate throughout his terms, so I'd have expected him to go for a moderate anyway - certainly so long as the Republicans run the Senate. But the Republicans just walked into this one.

This message is a reply to:
 Message 101 by Minnemooseus, posted 03-17-2016 11:36 PM Minnemooseus has seen this message but not replied

  
Newer Topic | Older Topic
Jump to:


Copyright 2001-2023 by EvC Forum, All Rights Reserved

™ Version 4.2
Innovative software from Qwixotic © 2024