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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: i-node who wrote (131459)8/4/2019 12:28:36 AM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 353904
 
"I believe Mitch had no choice on that"
Of course he had choices. One day, the Dems will have choices. You might not like what they choose. I won't like what they choose, cuz the R's will do it back to us next time, but I won't protest too much.

"He couldn't just stand by and allow Obama to get that appointment unchallenged."
Unchallenged? Nominees appear before the Judicial Committee, and then get voted on by the full Senate. That's a pretty big challenge.



To: i-node who wrote (131459)8/4/2019 9:14:11 AM
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He couldn't just stand by and allow Obama to get that appointment unchallenged.

That transaction was asymmetrical. Obama offered a candidate that should have been acceptable to R's, would normally have been acceptable to R's, not some screaming lefty. McConnell should have been equally graceful. Instead, he chose the nuclear option.


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