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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenate will not approve Obama appointment
I'm calling it now. They will put it off in hopes they win the presidency.
herding cats
(19,565 posts)I think this goes without saying.
Hopefully it will get the Dems out to vote in droves in November.
Goblinmonger
(22,340 posts)Wonder if the republicans will think that far ahead.
Blasphemer
(3,261 posts)The prospect of a young conservative in that seat and the next president potentially making multiple nominations = the slow death of the U.S.A. No matter how fractious things are on the left right now, I think we can all agree that this time in history is pretty monumental and it's a time for moving forward, not backwards. I am an atheist but damn if this doesn't seem like the hand of God or fate or something. I guess all major change requires a little bit of luck, and this might be just the thing this country needs to start the process.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)Goblinmonger
(22,340 posts)But I'm going to look like Nostradamus on this one, dude.
WillowTree
(5,325 posts)FrenchieCat
(68,867 posts)I want to see what the Revolutionaries can do!
Perfect test!
Bend the will of the Republican Majority!
shawn703
(2,702 posts)A Sanders presidency would most likely usher in a Democratic majority in the Senate. They'd get someone even more liberal.
MFM008
(19,816 posts)let the senate vote it down. See how angry we get.
Goblinmonger
(22,340 posts)But they won't vote on it.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)going to be the plan once the Dems sober up from the party.
NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)It will just keep getting delayed.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)I hate to think like one of those disgusting puke assholes but that's their only option.
rug
(82,333 posts)Not when republican obstruction for 8 years will be a campaign theme.
And if they do, Obama can still make a recess appointment after the election as a final "Fuck You."
Goblinmonger
(22,340 posts)Just vote no on each one he puts up. They have the votes to do that.
I would love it if Obama did a recess appointment. That would be awesome.
rug
(82,333 posts)The White Hose has a fiing cabinet on nominees, most already on the federal bench, ready to go.
The political timing is exquisite.
Let them stall or filibuster on the eve of the two national conventions.
Orrex
(63,215 posts)Sanders or Clinton, the next President absolutely must be one of them.
LostOne4Ever
(9,289 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)There's plenty of time to approve a nomination.
Plus, they also know that Senate likely in Dem hands in January.
They are screwed on this one.
kairos12
(12,862 posts)Zero chance.