Juan Cole: I declare Donald Trump a lame duck now. Four years out.

[kpete]

We don’t need a Trump-nominated supreme Court justice. We desperately don’t need such a person. And there is no reason to have one. The Democrats in the Senate should just filibuster any nomination for the next four years. Now, you may say that a president deserves to have the nominee of his choice voted on. But those were the old rules before we saw how the Republican Party treated Barack Obama. They just told him no, no, no on everything. Everything. They even threatened the home mortgages of government employees by closing down the government. Twice. They vilified Obama, shouted disrespectfully at him from the floor of Congress, and then they refused even to let his Supreme Court nominee, a centrist, come up for a vote. They declared President Obama a lame duck when he had 11 months left in his presidency.

I declare Donald Trump a lame duck now. Four years out. Here are the reasons the Senate should block his nominee:


the rest:
http://www.juancole.com/2016/12/reasons-supreme-nominees.html

[Dulcinea]

1. He may not even last 4 years.

I wouldn't be surprised if he resigns before his term is over. When he finds out that not everyone loves him, & his followers stop showing up to his rallies, that'll be it.

[berksdem]

2. LOL...

I hope you are right but I don't think his ego will let that happen. This man needs to be policed with the end game of impeachment.

[ailsagirl]

10. Or ELSE...

when he realizes that virtually no one likes, let alone respects him, he may be overwhelmed by his addiction to vengeance and level us all.

Nothing seems too preposterous or extreme to me, unfortunately

[C_U_L8R]

3. He's more like a Turducken

Emphasis on the Turd

[Baitball Blogger]

4. kick

[libtodeath]

5. The repukes will go nuclear on SCOTUS appointments instantly.

[Cyrano]

7. Agreed. The GOP will end the filibuster forvever

It may come back to bite them in the ass in the future. But given Trump and today's Republican Party, the future may come to an abrupt, short end sooner than we think.

[libtodeath]

8. They are itching to do it and at this point unless we fight tooth and nail

against election theft I dont know how we win.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

6. Well

McConnell was threatening to withhold consent and advice of a SCOTUS nominee from Hillary Clinton for 4 years had she won. Also, the Republicans were queuing up arguments that having eight (or less) Justices didn't matter all that much.

[Paladin]

9. Amen. Make Trump a lame duck, immediately.

If he lasts even one year in office, there will be more than adequate reasons in place with which to impeach him. And spare me the "Pence is just as bad" sentiments, OK? For all his gigantic political faults, Pence evidently exhibits sane, adult-level behavior characteristics from day to day---which we sure as hell are lacking, at the moment.