Obama vows to 'get the job done' with Republicans

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21. So glad there is no USSC appointment in the immediate offing!

Because Obama would roll right over on that one and immediately agree to the youngest, most conservative, white, male nominee Mitch could come up with. All those harping at Ginsburg to retire during Obama's last 2 years? That is definitely off the table. Stay healthy, Justice Ginsberg!

There are currently 64 vacancies in the Federal judiciary, with 32 Obama nominees hanging in limbo. Mitch can hold up those 32 nominees and pressure Obama to fill the other 32 slots with little Scalias, Thomases, etc. Probably set up a 10 to 1 ratio, i.e., Obama gets one of his appointees for every 10 of Mitch's he supports.

http://www.uscourts.gov/JudgesAndJudgeships/JudicialVacancies/CurrentJudicialVacancies.aspx

Sadly Obama couldn't negotiate his way out of a wet paper bag.

So here's the deal. When the next Senate session opens, Obama puts four issues on the table for what he laughingly calls "negotiations."
1. Trade deals
2. Keystone
3. Chained CPI
4. Rebuilding infrastructure.

The GOP snaps up the first three. Obama claims victory - hey! he got 3 out of 4!