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In reply to the discussion: Eleanor Clift: Will Obama Ever 'Fess Up to His Merrick Garland Mess? [View all]BumRushDaShow
(128,856 posts)and less "serene" and zip up my g-suit while I'm doing that.
And it didn't matter WHO he would try to convince. It was going to be blocked. Obama knew that but he had to try anyway because THAT was his JOB as a President. You present your nominee and you try to work politics behind the scenes but there are limits when your party is not in control.
The problem is this entire system of government that we have been under for the past 231 years has been based on the "honor system". You break that "honor" and you will begin spiraling down the abyss.... and it will take a brave bi-partisan group to be able to get back to the "honor". They knew that when they "broke" it. Many of them came into elective office from industries where to maximize your profit, you squeeze until people start leaping out of windows and then take it back a notch. Problem is, they may have gone too far over the cliff and it will take some time to repair that loss of trust.
Right now, there are a whole bunch of "dishonorable" people who got elected in 2010 and after, many who were teabaggers and who didn't know about government or governing and didn't care. They have damaged this institution and although fortunately some of them are finally bailing... the damage has been done to the "trust" of the institution.