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hfojvt

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3. is there really such a thing as
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 02:21 PM
Feb 2016

a "vulnerable" Senator?

Where?

You think voters in Indiana, North Carolina, or Missouri are gonna get all mad because a Republican Senator dared to oppose a liberal judge? If that is the case, then why did those states vote Republican in so many recent Presidential elections?

Right now about the only vulnerable ones are in New Hampshire and Florida. And Rubio of Florida has been trying to avoid Presidential politics? New Hampshire though was always vulnerable, and the Senate numbers are such that Ayotte can disavow any Republican filibuster and that will not stop the filibuster from being effective.

This piece reads like wishful thinking to me, and does not bother to name any of these supposedly vulnerable Senators. In my view the death of Scalia seems tailor made to motivate Republican voters - to arms, to arms, the court is at stake. 2nd Amendment, abortion, to arms! The death of Ginsberg would have given more motivation to our side.

It just seems to me that the devil knew what he was doing when he called Scalia home.

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