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    Default Democrats Will Need 4 Republican Senators To Block Nomination. It's Possible.

    Senate Republicans hold 53 Senate seats to Democrats 47. They would need 4 Republicans to cross the isle.

    Seems unlikely, but there may be hope. This could get interesting.

    Lots of Republican Senators are facing difficult elections where they need to appease the middle to get reelected.

    4 is a possibility. Actually 7 is a possibility: Colorado, Maine, Alaska, Utah, North Carolina, and Arizona are all possible to cross the line. Some of these people face difficult decisions which could affect their own chances of reelection

    Some Republican Senators are in States where Biden is leading in the polls, setting up a coat-tails effect which threatens their chances at retaining their seats.

    Republican Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado:

    "Four years ago, Gardner said that a Supreme Court vacancy in February 2016 should not be filled by President Barack Obama because the Democrat was in his final year as president: “I think we’re too close to the election. The president who is elected in November should be the one who makes this decision,” Gardner said then."

    In first appearance after Ginsburg’s death, Gardner declines to say when justice should be replaced


    Gardner faces ex Governor John Hickenlooper, who is popular there. Biden is strongly favored in Colorado polling. Biden +10 over Trump.

    Republican Senator Martha McSally of Arizona


    McSally faces Democrat Mark Kelly, astronaut and husband of Rep Gabby Giffords who was the victim of a well publicized mass shooting attack.

    Kelly leads McSally by +6.7

    Biden also leads in Arizona: Biden +5.0 (rcp average)

    Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine
    is trailing Democrat Sara Gideon by a strong margin: Gideon +6.2

    Biden leads Trump heavily in Maine: Biden +13.8

    Republican Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina is also trailing in the polls.

    rcp average currently shows Democrat Cal Cunningham favored: Cunningham +3.6

    Biden is favored in NC by a slim margin of +0.9, a race where Tillis does not want to alienate the middle.

    Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah have rarely bought into Trump's cult. Either or both of them could vote against even bringing a nomination to the floor.
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    Not one tribute to RBG from any liberal on this board. Not one. The woman is not even cold yet and all you assholes are worried about is the next pick for the SC. Liberals use their own as stepping stools. Pathetic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor View Post
    Not one tribute to RBG from any liberal on this board. Not one. The woman is not even cold yet and all you assholes are worried about is the next pick for the SC. Liberals use their own as stepping stools. Pathetic.
    https://www.justplainpolitics.com/sh...23#post3912223
    https://www.justplainpolitics.com/sh...10#post3909910
    https://www.justplainpolitics.com/sh...37#post3909937
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    All copy and paste from the fake Jew Guno. The last one is conservatives.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor View Post
    Not one tribute to RBG from any liberal on this board. Not one. The woman is not even cold yet and all you assholes are worried about is the next pick for the SC. Liberals use their own as stepping stools. Pathetic.
    Did you go blind? All the threads started by rightys have rendered that argument moot. This is being discussed in many spots. Of course, you are making up an excuse to attack leftys.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
    Did you go blind? All the threads started by rightys have rendered that argument moot. This is being discussed in many spots. Of course, you are making up an excuse to attack leftys.
    Pipe down Nordberg. The fact is liberal cast aside RGB as fast as they cast aside Ted Kennedy. You folks use and eat your own. Once again, pathetic.

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    2020 just got even more interesting.

    If the GOP was composed of honorable people, they would follow the precedent they set in 2016 and refuse to consider anyone nominated by #TRE45ON till after the election. We know, of course, that they are not honorable.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    2020 just got even more interesting.

    If the GOP was composed of honorable people, they would follow the precedent they set in 2016 and refuse to consider anyone nominated by #TRE45ON till after the election. We know, of course, that they are not honorable.
    Hopefully the GOP rams this through like dems pushed the impeachment. The GOP needs to mirror the civics that the dems show us. Scorched earth.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    2020 just got even more interesting.

    If the GOP was composed of honorable people, they would follow the precedent they set in 2016 and refuse to consider anyone nominated by #TRE45ON till after the election. We know, of course, that they are not honorable.
    Like the honorable Democrats who accused Kavanaugh of being a gang rapist? Stick it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    2020 just got even more interesting.

    If the GOP was composed of honorable people, they would follow the precedent they set in 2016 and refuse to consider anyone nominated by #TRE45ON till after the election. We know, of course, that they are not honorable.
    IN 2016 the POTUS and SENATE WERE NOT THE SAME PARTY.


    SAME SHIT THE DEMOCRATS PULLED IN 2008...



    CHOKE ON IT...
    TRUMP WILL TAKE FORTY STATES...UNLESS THE SAME IDIOTS WHO BROUGHT US THE 2020 DUNCE-O-CRAT IOWA CLUSTERFUCK CONTINUE THEIR SEDITIOUS ACTIVITIES...THEN HE WILL WIN EVEN MORE ..UNLESS THE RED CHINESE AND DNC COLLUDE, USE A PANDEMIC, AND THEN THE DEMOCRATS VIOLATE ARTICLE II OF THE CONSTITUTION, TO FACILLITATE MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL, UNVETTED, MAIL IN BALLOTS IN THE DARK OF NIGHT..


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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    2020 just got even more interesting.

    If the GOP was composed of honorable people, they would follow the precedent they set in 2016 and refuse to consider anyone nominated by #TRE45ON till after the election. We know, of course, that they are not honorable.
    Did you consider it honorable when they refused to consider the nomination or did you think it would be more honorable to confirm Garland?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flash View Post
    Did you consider it honorable when they refused to consider the nomination or did you think it would be more honorable to confirm Garland?
    Given the fact that Scalia passed in February of that year, and McConnell and the (R)s refused to even consider Garland, I would call that dishonorable.

    Several (R)s stated that they didn't think it was right to allow Obama to "have" one more justice and that they shouldn't even vote on one in an election year because the (mumble mumble) people might choose a differently-flavored POTUS. So fair is fair -- is it now honorable to forget all about that and try to ram one through -- six weeks before the election?

    If there's one thing that Republicans are good at, it's hypocrisy.
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    Hello ThatOwlWoman,

    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    Given the fact that Scalia passed in February of that year, and McConnell and the (R)s refused to even consider Garland, I would call that dishonorable.

    Several (R)s stated that they didn't think it was right to allow Obama to "have" one more justice and that they shouldn't even vote on one in an election year because the (mumble mumble) people might choose a differently-flavored POTUS. So fair is fair -- is it now honorable to forget all about that and try to ram one through -- six weeks before the election?

    If there's one thing that Republicans are good at, it's hypocrisy.
    Republicans have got hypocrisy DOWN.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PoliTalker View Post
    Hello ThatOwlWoman,



    Republicans have got hypocrisy DOWN.
    the precedent is simply that the party with the majority of votes passes what they choose to pass.........no hypocrisy involved.........
    Isaiah 6:5
    “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    Given the fact that Scalia passed in February of that year, and McConnell and the (R)s refused to even consider Garland, I would call that dishonorable.

    Several (R)s stated that they didn't think it was right to allow Obama to "have" one more justice and that they shouldn't even vote on one in an election year because the (mumble mumble) people might choose a differently-flavored POTUS. So fair is fair -- is it now honorable to forget all about that and try to ram one through -- six weeks before the election?

    If there's one thing that Republicans are good at, it's hypocrisy.
    Agreed on hypocrisy. It's just another reason why most Americans don't trust their own elected leaders.
    God bless America and those who defend our Constitution.

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