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51. Ignore the skeptics...

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Tue Sep 25, 2018, 01:25 AM

Sep 2018

I was thinking 50/50 last week. I think the odds in his favor a diminishing...

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Remember back when Justice Kennedy announced his retirement and we all screamed.... [View all] scheming daemons Sep 2018 OP

K&R JHan Sep 2018 #1

I also remember when Democrats thought Kennedy was in the camp. All Republicans are scum. olegramps Sep 2018 #36

Athiest AMEN! Amimnoch Sep 2018 #2

Got to admit, I thought there was no way to stop Kav. Hoyt Sep 2018 #3

Yeah, Roe is gone no matter what, Griswold, Gay marriage , all civil rights Eliot Rosewater Sep 2018 #6

I'm so pissed kairos12 Sep 2018 #18

This is defeatist nonsense mythology Sep 2018 #23

+1 Happy to agree with you today! lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #24

The reason I say these things is in HOPES that not ONE person will WHINE about our next Eliot Rosewater Sep 2018 #37

Excuse me . . . Haggis for Breakfast Sep 2018 #40

All this . Thank you lunasun Sep 2018 #50

I'm a 66 year-old woman. zanana1 Sep 2018 #53

Yep beginning with the high school sociopath yellowdogintexas Sep 2018 #55

I am sorry for the pain you have had to endure. Haggis for Breakfast Sep 2018 #59

Less WHINING might result in MORE SEATS for our party, so yes, thanks. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2018 #4

I wish I was more optimistic KenCol Sep 2018 #5

Gerrymandering has NO impact on getting a majority in the Senate scheming daemons Sep 2018 #7

I mean, states are kinda the ultimate gerrymander quakerboy Sep 2018 #48

that is NOT gerrymandering. If the Senate races were for yellowdogintexas Sep 2018 #56

You make my point: quakerboy Sep 2018 #58

welcome to DU Grasswire2 Sep 2018 #8

True but we're talking the Senate here. The House is irrelevant in this right now. Drunken Irishman Sep 2018 #9

Gutting the voting rights act actually is the hill to climb Tiggeroshii Sep 2018 #10

The gutting of the Voting Rights Act has been a major pain Gothmog Sep 2018 #44

It is statistically a 5% hill nationally for the House, so quite scaleable! Welcome to DU. Fred Sanders Sep 2018 #16

The "Dems don't fight" talking point is annoying. betsuni Sep 2018 #11

Yet constant. I dont really understand it either. nt 7962 Sep 2018 #27

YES! happy feet Sep 2018 #12

Good for the dems. I have been highly critical with... Lucky Luciano Sep 2018 #13

I still want to know about that suspiciously timed retirement Freethinker65 Sep 2018 #14

Absolutely ! C_U_L8R Sep 2018 #15

PLUS they damn well knew they were nominating someone who is a political operative with FromTheAshes Sep 2018 #17

Easy. libdem4life Sep 2018 #32

McConnell warned trump but trump ignored this warning Gothmog Sep 2018 #43

Trump and his minions forced Kennedy out - so they could replace him... BadGimp Sep 2018 #19

Credit really goes to the women who are braving right-wing hate by speaking out Azathoth Sep 2018 #20

Sorry, Feinstein is not a "spectator" here. scheming daemons Sep 2018 #33

K&R. ehrnst Sep 2018 #21

Saying the same thing DownriverDem Sep 2018 #22

The republicans have been very powerful when they were the minority. Lucky Luciano Sep 2018 #25

They didn't stop any SCOTUS judges or the ACA when they were in the minority. scheming daemons Sep 2018 #34

Kennedy really blew it. C_U_L8R Sep 2018 #26

I wonder what the lever was. nt Hekate Sep 2018 #30

K&R geardaddy Sep 2018 #28

Hell yes we must have our Dems' backs Hekate Sep 2018 #29

The Democrats did a great job here Gothmog Sep 2018 #42

Call them and thank them for their hard work...they need encouragement BigmanPigman Sep 2018 #31

What if Kennedy takes back his intent to retire? Johnny2X2X Sep 2018 #35

I would like to know how plausible that is. Tiggeroshii Sep 2018 #38

And then he would just vote as Kavenaugh would have quakerboy Sep 2018 #49

Yes! I'm so shocked! And so PROUD of them! They're doing everything they can. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #39

The Senate Democrats have done an amazing job fighting this nomination Gothmog Sep 2018 #41

Senate Democrats better not vote for this scumbag! nt RandiFan1290 Sep 2018 #45

They've really taken it to the republicans on Kavanaugh. D23MIURG23 Sep 2018 #46

K & R SunSeeker Sep 2018 #47

Ignore the skeptics... cbreezen Sep 2018 #51

Agree 100% UCmeNdc Sep 2018 #52

I get your point. But it's not about the present, it's about the past. KPN Sep 2018 #54

True Democrats have finally shown backbone INdemo Sep 2018 #57

The people that bashed Dems when Kennedy retired Blue_true Sep 2018 #60