(March 29, 2016 at 1:08 am)AFTT47 Wrote: The Republican's opposition is starting to buckle.
Not surprisingly, it's Senators up for reelection (especially in blue states) that are afraid of being labeled as obstructionist.
Somewhat amusingly, former John McCain strategist Steve Schmidt says, "To defeat a presidential nomination, it is usually better to derail it slowly over time — not announce blanket opposition up front." Sound's a lot like the Romney campaign's Etch-a-Sketch metaphor. I'm not at all a good bullshitter myself but here's something I can figure out: Don't TELL them you're going to bullshit them!
The best way to handle a SCOTUS block and rejection is just to forget about it. So when the dummies turn down your first nominee you don't go into a tizzy and put up another one. You simply let it sit vacant. When they start to complain you put up the guy that they had just rejected.