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yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts) Tue Mar 15, 2016, 12:55 AM Mar 2016

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Allies Say Obama’s Court Pick Is Near, and Will Be Hard for Republicans to Ignore

The president’s decision is expected this week and could come as early as Tuesday.

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Allies Say Obama’s Court Pick Is Near, and Will Be Hard for Republicans to Ignore (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Mar 2016 OP

It won't be the liberal 2pooped2pop Mar 2016 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Ed Suspicious Mar 2016 #2

^^ THIS ^^ revbones Mar 2016 #3

^^^ IS BS^^^ Renew Deal Mar 2016 #5

^^^^ Because it should be a liberal on the court ^^^ revbones Mar 2016 #6

Yep. 2pooped2pop Mar 2016 #11

Maybe he's going to Weekend at Bernies it with Scalia Renew Deal Mar 2016 #4

I'm hoping for Zombie Reagan. temporary311 Mar 2016 #10

Heh. He's going to hoist the GOP on their own petard. I can hardly wait. Hekate Mar 2016 #7

I hope Obama is thinking strategically Democat Mar 2016 #8

All the snark at DU about "3 dimensional chess" is actually true. This is a man who plays... Hekate Mar 2016 #9

I suspect that he has been reanimating the corpse of Scalia AngryAmish Mar 2016 #12

Which means he's Carolina Mar 2016 #13

2pooped2pop

(5,420 posts)

1. It won't be the liberal

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 12:59 AM

Mar 2016

Will it be the republican? So glad a dem gets to do this, a republican might have put in a Republican.

Response to 2pooped2pop (Reply #1)

Ed Suspicious This message was self-deleted by its author.

revbones

(3,660 posts)

3. ^^ THIS ^^

Reply to 2pooped2pop (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 01:06 AM

Mar 2016

Renew Deal

(81,852 posts)

5. ^^^ IS BS^^^

Reply to revbones (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 01:22 AM

Mar 2016

revbones

(3,660 posts)

6. ^^^^ Because it should be a liberal on the court ^^^

Reply to Renew Deal (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 01:26 AM

Mar 2016

thanks!

2pooped2pop

(5,420 posts)

11. Yep.

Reply to revbones (Reply #6)

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 08:28 PM

Mar 2016

The republicans would put in a stark raving Republican. And here we are caving before a fight even starts again. Some say he is playing 3d chess. All he is doing is offering them a republican with a liberal second choice to make them take the republican before they risk a liberal. Not so complicated. Not 3d..

Renew Deal

(81,852 posts)

4. Maybe he's going to Weekend at Bernies it with Scalia

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 01:21 AM

Mar 2016

temporary311

(955 posts)

10. I'm hoping for Zombie Reagan.

Reply to Renew Deal (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 06:11 PM

Mar 2016

With Cheney no longer in public office, there has been a total lack of representation for the undead in our government.

Hekate

(90,633 posts)

7. Heh. He's going to hoist the GOP on their own petard. I can hardly wait.

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 01:46 AM

Mar 2016

The names he's already dangled in front of them have already made them unhappy to be in opposition.

There are many excellent jurists out there who aren't flaming liberals. Sri Srinivasan was approved 97 - 0 for the federal bench, and if Obama sends his name over its going to make those bastards really squirm.

And by all accounts he'd be a real asset to the SCOTUS.

Democat

(11,617 posts)

8. I hope Obama is thinking strategically

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 05:23 AM

Mar 2016

This fight could define a big part of his legacy.

Hekate

(90,633 posts)

9. All the snark at DU about "3 dimensional chess" is actually true. This is a man who plays...

Reply to Democat (Reply #8)

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 06:08 PM

Mar 2016

... the long game on several levels at once.

AngryAmish

(25,704 posts)

12. I suspect that he has been reanimating the corpse of Scalia

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 08:31 PM

Mar 2016

AKA Cersai and See Robert Strong.

That will be hard to ignore.

Carolina

(6,960 posts)

13. Which means he's

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 09:26 PM

Mar 2016

caving... again

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