Republican Brian Sandaval for Supreme Court!

Mott the Hoople said:
Been looking into Brian Sandavaals as a nominee. It appears that he is an actual candidate to be nominated by Obama to SCOTUS. A very interesting choice. He's not a professional Jurist. He's not an east coast ivy leaguer. As a governor he's quite moderate, he's pro-choice, supported implementation of the PPACA, a western gun rights supporter and he's an OSU alum.

I like the idea of a SCOTUS jurist who's not an ivy league grad. That would definitely add some balance to the court.
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I oppose him
 
PostmodernProphet said:
I think you should test the theory out, Jeerod......nominate someone Democrats would hate just to see if the Republicans would refuse to approve the nomination.....then you would know "if"......
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The Constitution does not give me that power. I am not President of the United States.
 
PostmodernProphet said:
aren't you more likely to lose as many senate seats as you did in 2012 and 2014?......
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For several reasons I don't think so, but it is early yet.

The math is on the Democrats side, the Republicans have more seats up in states where they are more vulnerable.

There is talk that Trump could also really harm the chances of incumbents in these areas, while I can see an argument that the opposite is true, I think in Democratic states Trumps nomination just might spark fire in the bellies of Democratic voters go get out and vote, while diminishing the fire in the bellies of Conservative voters. Additionally, Election years are generally high voter turnout years...Republicans don't do as well in high turnout years. (Yes I know 12' was an election year, I said generally) Finally, even if Trump is headed toward a presidential win, I don't think his supporters will lock step vote Republican down ticket as they might if the top of the ticket was Rubio or Cruz. If Trump wins the General, it will because he attracted a lot of the more liberal middle, which might alienate some of the far right.

All in all, I think the Democrats gain seats in the 2016 Senate election.
 
Mott the Hoople said:
Been looking into Brian Sandavaals as a nominee. It appears that he is an actual candidate to be nominated by Obama to SCOTUS. A very interesting choice. He's not a professional Jurist. He's not an east coast ivy leaguer. As a governor he's quite moderate, he's pro-choice, supported implementation of the PPACA, a western gun rights supporter and he's an OSU alum.

I like the idea of a SCOTUS jurist who's not an ivy league grad. That would definitely add some balance to the court. The fact that he's a Republican and, if nominated, would make it difficult for the Senate to not have a confirmation hearing.
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I particularly like the idea of breaking up the Northeastern Ivy League grip on the Supreme Court.

The guy is admittedly Pro-Choice and thus would give the Republicans heartburn about nominating him, but might turn the majority on the Republicans in the coming Senate race. One of the big themes is clearly going to be Woman's Rights, It might be a good chance to get some Republicans, especially women, to switch over.
 
Jarod said:
For several reasons I don't think so, but it is early yet.

The math is on the Democrats side, the Republicans have more seats up in states where they are more vulnerable.

There is talk that Trump could also really harm the chances of incumbents in these areas, while I can see an argument that the opposite is true, I think in Democratic states Trumps nomination just might spark fire in the bellies of Democratic voters go get out and vote, while diminishing the fire in the bellies of Conservative voters. Additionally, Election years are generally high voter turnout years...Republicans don't do as well in high turnout years. (Yes I know 12' was an election year, I said generally) Finally, even if Trump is headed toward a presidential win, I don't think his supporters will lock step vote Republican down ticket as they might if the top of the ticket was Rubio or Cruz. If Trump wins the General, it will because he attracted a lot of the more liberal middle, which might alienate some of the far right.

All in all, I think the Democrats gain seats in the 2016 Senate election.
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and yet, if the primaries so far are any indication, Democratic voters just don't give a fuck.......
 
Jarod said:
For several reasons I don't think so, but it is early yet.

The math is on the Democrats side, the Republicans have more seats up in states where they are more vulnerable.

There is talk that Trump could also really harm the chances of incumbents in these areas, while I can see an argument that the opposite is true, I think in Democratic states Trumps nomination just might spark fire in the bellies of Democratic voters go get out and vote, while diminishing the fire in the bellies of Conservative voters. Additionally, Election years are generally high voter turnout years...Republicans don't do as well in high turnout years. (Yes I know 12' was an election year, I said generally) Finally, even if Trump is headed toward a presidential win, I don't think his supporters will lock step vote Republican down ticket as they might if the top of the ticket was Rubio or Cruz. If Trump wins the General, it will because he attracted a lot of the more liberal middle, which might alienate some of the far right.

All in all, I think the Democrats gain seats in the 2016 Senate election.
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The numbers show they have a good chance to pick up 7 senate seats.
 
Jarod said:
Would you support this choice, a Republican Governor from Nevada who was previously appointed federal judge by GWB?

Or... Would you oppose it simply because he might be appointed by BHO?
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Here's a better idea: President Trump nominates William Rehnquist's former clerk, Senator Ted Cruz. I couldn't think of anyone better to replace the late Antonin Scalia.
 
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