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NewJeffCT

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3. While Garland seems like an all around fine guy

Reply to Polybius (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2019, 02:42 PM

Oct 2019

and judge, I have a feeling that she would have nominated somebody younger and a little to the left of the center/left Garland to get the activist base fired up for her or him.

and, she likely would have tried to get around #MoscowMitch in advance - maybe putting a time limit on the nomination or similar (i.e., if hearings and a vote are not scheduled within 60 days, we consider Advise and Consent to have been waived)

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If Hillary Clinton had won and took office, do you think she would have renominated Merrick Garland? [View all] Polybius Oct 2019 OP

Think Mitch would have fast tracked the appointment before she took office bigbrother05 Oct 2019 #1

Plus he was 64 years old at the time BeyondGeography Oct 2019 #6

She should have nominated someone much younger (20 or so years) than Garland. LonePirate Oct 2019 #2

While Garland seems like an all around fine guy NewJeffCT Oct 2019 #3

She would have done what she thought best. Caliman73 Oct 2019 #4

Agreed. Buckeyeblue Oct 2019 #8

I wonder how 2020 would be looking at this point Polybius Oct 2019 #10

Or Rick Scott Buckeyeblue Oct 2019 #11

The only thing going against her would be 16 years of one Party rule Polybius Oct 2019 #12

Possibly, as she probably knew there would be more appointments down the road. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2019 #5

To answer my own OP: Polybius Oct 2019 #7

Irrrelevant TheRealNorth Oct 2019 #9