(February 13, 2016 at 8:09 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: It's pretty clear that Obama will exhaust all of the moderate judges on the planet and the Senate will play goalie. I think the mission is to have a bullpen of nominees and keep rolling through them and let the people see how idiotic the GOP looks as they play toddler who is throwing a tantrum. Hopefully the American people will get it.
I fear, however, the loudest, most vocal portions of the GOP will praise the Senate for not doing their jobs because 'Murrica.
If I were a Democrat campaign manager, I'd welcome it -- I'd beat my opponent over the head with that obstructionism, forcing him or her to either denounce fellow Republicans, or defend hamstringing justice and its application here in America.
This is an opportunity for whichever Dem candidate wins the nomination, provided the nom is suitably aggressive. They should be licking their chops.