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(1,656 posts) Wed Feb 24, 2016, 02:59 PM Feb 2016

Republican governor of Nevada Brian Sandoval being considered for Supreme Court [View all]

I thought Obama was a democrat?

I know Democrats thought they were voting for a democrat - I guess we were wrong (again).

Brian Sandoval, the centrist Republican governor of Nevada, is being vetted by the White House for a possible nomination to the Supreme Court, according to two people familiar with the process.

Sandoval is increasingly viewed by some key Democrats as perhaps the only nominee President Obama could select who would be able to break a Republican blockade in the Senate.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday pledged “no action” on any Supreme Court nomination before November’s election, saying the decision ought to be left to the next president.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/02/24/brian-sandoval-republican-governor-of-nevada-is-being-vetted-for-supreme-court-vacancy/?postshare=1491456337269807&tid=ss_tw

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Republican governor of Nevada Brian Sandoval being considered for Supreme Court [View all] TheProgressive Feb 2016 OP

Don't believe everything you read sharp_stick Feb 2016 #1

I expect a Democratic president to nominate a Democratic justice... TheProgressive Feb 2016 #3

Please point out the non Democratic sharp_stick Feb 2016 #5

Please wait while I offer up the chained-CPI for Social Security. TheProgressive Feb 2016 #8

Oh yeah sharp_stick Feb 2016 #10

Right here in his budget NOVA_Dem Feb 2016 #20

ThePrg, this guy is far too middle-of-the-road/bipartisan for today's GOP. Hortensis Feb 2016 #40

And HRC has firmly Committed herself fredamae Feb 2016 #2

Obama's Suprem Court nominees have been consistently liberal you know. HERVEPA Feb 2016 #52

I didn't sign on for this. Kip Humphrey Feb 2016 #4

....but Bernie's "not a democrat"!! eeeeeek! bbgrunt Feb 2016 #6

This short thread already shows how people just believe whatever they read... snooper2 Feb 2016 #7

Do you suggest that democrats just sit back and say nothing? TheProgressive Feb 2016 #9

It is a random article by two unnamed sources LOL snooper2 Feb 2016 #11

I guess some people are more in tuned as to how politics work... TheProgressive Feb 2016 #12

If you think the White House is floating names, you'll see the names on talking head tv snooper2 Feb 2016 #13

Yep Andy823 Feb 2016 #48

Two notes on this nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #14

Funny how republican presidents are able to appoint hard core conservatives... TheProgressive Feb 2016 #15

And I expect the third branch to lose even more neutrality nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #16

Partisanship? TheProgressive Feb 2016 #23

Yes partisanship nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #24

There is a difference between... TheProgressive Feb 2016 #28

And progressive democrats are really nowhere close to power nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #31

Ginsburg was nominated by Clinton dsc Feb 2016 #18

hate is such a strong word, I suppose nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #21

The key phrase there is "and the other way around". KamaAina Feb 2016 #49

But as long as the driving principle nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #51

Jesus... WillyT Feb 2016 #17

He may nominate a moderate to make it harder for the Republicans to block davidn3600 Feb 2016 #19

Somebody who gets current politics, nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #22

And America loses.... TheProgressive Feb 2016 #25

America already lost nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #29

And this is why people need to organize and fight for what's right. TheProgressive Feb 2016 #32

Son I have been in the streets reporing on the few who are in the streets nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #34

If no one took to the streets when dragonfly301 Feb 2016 #39

The courts are a mystery wrapped in an enigma as far as most Americans nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #41

'Son'.... TheProgressive Feb 2016 #43

Your OP is full of it nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #44

Srinivasan is a moderate. KamaAina Feb 2016 #50

Just for purposes of Republican dissent of Republican obstructionism, of course. L. Coyote Feb 2016 #26

You are assuming the democratic party will be even half way competent in nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #30

Rank an File republicans TheUndecider Feb 2016 #53

Yup nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #54

Define competent party. L. Coyote Feb 2016 #56

The number of remaining rank and file Republicans fit in a tea cup. L. Coyote Feb 2016 #55

puke doxyluv13 Feb 2016 #27

un FUCKING acceptable randys1 Feb 2016 #33

What happened to Sri Srinivasan? dragonfly301 Feb 2016 #35

They are floating a balloon nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #36

O.M.F.G. KamaAina Feb 2016 #37

What was this in exchange for? Matariki Feb 2016 #38

Obama is always seeking consensus with the right. Broward Feb 2016 #42

That is a dynamic that we have been in since at least Clinton nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #45

It's funny but presidents sometimes do select Republicans for Supreme Court book_worm Feb 2016 #46

I thought the Supreme Court opening was supposed to fire up the base. CharlotteVale Feb 2016 #47