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In reply to the discussion: Eleanor Clift: Will Obama Ever 'Fess Up to His Merrick Garland Mess? [View all]EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)if Obama had just nominated a more liberal justice, the Democratic base would have risen up in unison with one voice and forced Mitch McConnell to hold hearings and a vote because, we know how scared McConnell is of the liberal base and how quick he is to do just what we tell him if enough of us say it and we say it loud enough.
And even if THAT didn't work, the very fact that Obama's liberal nominee was left hanging out there would have been more than enough to drive Democrats to the polls in record numbers because, even though it wasn't enough that Hillary Clinton become president or that a racist demagogue NOT become president, the fact that a liberal Supreme Court nominee could be reappointed by a Democratic president, by itself, would have been more than enough to inspire everyone who voted for Jill Stein or Bernie Sanders or no one at all to completely change their approach and line up to vote for Hillary.
If only Obama had done that, we wouldn't be where we are.
THANKS, Obama!