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7. it's not about gorsuch in particular. it's about winning.

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 06:29 PM

Apr 2017

they screw garland because he was nominated by a democrat and they could.

they're changing the rules to get gorsuch in because he was nominated by a republican and they can.

letting democrats successfully filibuster a nominee would be a "win" for democrats even if the replacement nominee is 10 times worse. in fact, now that they've done away with the filibuster, they could get an ever wackier guy on the court. they don't even care about that because that wouldn't generate a "win" headline for them.

they want gorsuch because this gets them a "win" headline.

that's pretty much all there is to it.

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