I'm looking for McConnell to back out of calling a vote for Loretta Lynch's appointment.

[AlinPA]

First, getting 5 GOP senators to vote for her seems impossible given their racism and the hate for Obama. Second, why would they want to help the President?

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1. Apparently they hate Holder even more

There are at least five Republican Senators (including Mark Kirk of Illinois and John Cornyn of Texas - I don't have the full list handy) who are willing to confirm Lynch because they hate Holder, and Holder has promised to stay on the job until a successor is confirmed.

If the Democrats were interested in purely playing politics and demagoguing this nomination like the Republicans have, they could wait until a vote is scheduled, then have Lynch withdraw her nomination because of the unprecedented (there's that word again!) foot-dragging by the Senate. Then we could start all over again, and wouldn't that be fun?

We really need to take back control of the asylum in 2016.

[AlinPA]

2. re: Holder being their motivation, it looks like hate carries the day for the GOP.

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3. Or, as we call it around here

Tuesday.