frombeyondthegrave
9 years ago
Gorsuch vote 7PM on Friday. Expect him to be confirmed, 52 - 48.
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burnem2
9 years ago
This really pinpoints just how partisan the left is playing. Most Senators, Dems included, think Gorsuch would be a great SCJ but they won't vote outside party policy on this one. Probably have to have a lot more rammed down their throats as I don't see them playing ball anytime soon.
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Speyside
9 years ago
Burnem, I agree that the Democrats are not going to do anything other than vote against the Republicans, but why should they. For 8 years the Republicans only voted against the Democrats.
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delta1
9 years ago
The GOP may regret this move down the road. It lowers the number of votes needed to approve and pass all kinds of stuff in the Senate from the traditional 60 votes, meaning most things required bipartisan support...until now...Dems now have a lower bar to get stuff done, should they ever get a majority back...

As for Gorsuch, there were at least 4 Dems who were going to support him, but the GOP needed 8 to get to 60 up votes...

Ironic that the GOP, the Party of NO, is complaining that the Dems are not working with them to get their agenda done...
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SmokeMonkey
9 years ago
I would assume that the left will give the same level of support they received during the past administration.

That said, the GOP is certainly within their rights to go this route. I did see a quote from one afterwards that read: some day we'll regret what we did here today.

I'll wager that those supporting this measure will be sorely unhappy when the Dems pull it in the future.

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DrafterX
9 years ago
I think Trump plans to whack a couple more Justices before his term is up tho.. The Supreme Court will be stacked in our favor soon.. 😟
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ZRX1200
9 years ago
The left will regret this, I bet the next SCJ won't be so milktoast.

Oh, and I find the outrage humorous as Dirty Harry Reid started this......where was the left when he was changing rules and historic traditions?
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SmokeMonkey
9 years ago
Personally, I was chagrined. But seeing as almost all national representatives from my state are GOP my influence is very small. It's shouldn't be about party, it should be about what is right for successfully governing ourselves. That was lost a long time ago, unfortunately.
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TMCTLT
9 years ago

The left will regret this, I bet the next SCJ won't be so milktoast.

Oh, and I find the outrage humorous as Dirty Harry Reid started this......where was the left when he was changing rules and historic traditions?

ZRX1200 wrote:





THIS ^^^

Dirty F'n Harry....where do the Dems keep finding these truly DEPLORABLE people they keep re-electing and moreover...WHY????
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gummy jones
9 years ago
#7
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tonygraz
9 years ago
#8
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gummy jones
9 years ago
#10
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frankj1
9 years ago

This really pinpoints just how partisan the left is playing. Most Senators, Dems included, think Gorsuch would be a great SCJ but they won't vote outside party policy on this one. Probably have to have a lot more rammed down their throats as I don't see them playing ball anytime soon.

burnem2 wrote:


maybe even more thought the same of Obama's nominee, but I can't seem to find how many votes he garnered from the nonpartisan GOP.

snopesed it...there was no vote. Why? Not due to nonpartisan politics, nope, no way. HA!

It's legitimate to complain, it's hypocritical to complain when one has done the same.
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frankj1
9 years ago

#10

gummy jones wrote:


funny!
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ZRX1200
9 years ago
Yet the left complains about no vote for Obama''s nominee when AGAIN THEY set that precedent....
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DrafterX
9 years ago
Biden's rule... dems went nuclar in 2013 also... 😟
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frankj1
9 years ago

Yet the left complains about no vote for Obama''s nominee when AGAIN THEY set that precedent....

ZRX1200 wrote:


copying what you say is wrong might also be hypocritical, and going Nuclear is the new precedent
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ZRX1200
9 years ago
FWIW, I didn't support the change then or now.

But they're behavior is beneath the dignity of public office. If they had any decency they would be ashamed.

So now people like me who didn't vote for Trump but are tired of this sheet show will just laugh at those trying to have their cake and eat it too while asking us to ignore their poopy pants.

I hope the next SCJ nominee is Scalia to the third power just to stick it to them.
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frankj1
9 years ago
I don't even have to read the links as I realized when I hit "post" my point was being dragged into a "he hit me first" thing...and someone with time could go back and forth proving politically nefarious moves by others over the decades.

I've said the same here dozens of times before when righties get all puffed up and actually start to believe their own story: that they are morally superior group blah blah blah. No side owns morality. if the lefties have done this before, well hey, if your wife has an affair, and then you do the same, well you had an affair... and it wasn't less egregious. Just don't claim to be a better person than her.
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