Mitch McConnell Wakes Up To Nasty Surprise: 16 GOP Senators Defect And Will Meet With Obama’s SCOTUS
Mitch McConnell Wakes Up To Nasty Surprise: 16 GOP Senators Defect And Will Meet With Obama’s SCOTUS Nominee
NBC News is reporting that some Republican senators are starting to change their “tone” about Obama’s Supreme Count nominee, Merrick Garland. In spite of the “wall of opposition” brought about by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell against any nominee President Obama puts forward, a quarter of Republican senators 16 in total – have stated that they will “meet” with Garland about his nomination.
Progress? Perhaps, but only slightly. The fact remains that a majority of Republican senators will not even meet with Garland to discuss his potential nomination. This doesn’t even include putting it to a vote. This is literally just sitting down and talking with the man about potentially filling the vacant seat left by Justice Antonin Scalia following his death. Most remain completely hell-bent on blocking anybody Obama sends forward, no matter who it is.
This opposition is in spite of the fact that, according to recent polling, 61 percent of Americans believe that Republican Senators should do their job and put Garland’s nomination to a vote. The Senators remain firmly opposed to the American people who elected them. Only 31 percent agree that the next president should appoint the new justice.
Mark Kirk, the first Republican senator who has officially met with Garland, is currently up for re-election in Illinois, a blue state. After his meeting earlier today, he told ABC News the following:
‘Obviously, I would consider voting for him. I think we should do our job’
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Not exactly what I'd call a progressive victory 
Which means 4-8 more years of bullshit.
Yay!
BHO has put forward two solid progressives when he actually had the opportunity for an up or down vote/to get them passed.
I hate this $Hit, it is bad enough dealing with right wingers and their stupidity with him.
There is a reason he picked someone Merricks age, he is a toss away, both he and Merrick know it.
But,sure, the progressive movement would be much better served if right now a clearly progressive "nominee" was not even so much as getting a talk from a single R senator and these jackasses were running around screaming about BHO trying to jam a progressive down their throats ...
Anything that disgruntles Mitch McConnell is a good thing in my book! 
Thinking of McConnell "fully gruntled" ... what an image! 
when this happened, the had the opportunity to say wrong----------------------we are going to meet with this guy and then demand a vote---------------------they didn't do that---------------------------they still aren't doing there jobs-------------------they are not demanding a vote and upholding the Constitution, that they harp on that they want to abide by----------------------really---------------give me a break.
If, I were to go into a job lets say in the Airlines as a mechanic and decide today to do just a half a*s job, and something were to happen because I knowingly did a half a*s job and the FAA and the company were to find out do you think, that they would just tell me that's alright--------------------nothing going to happened , but don't do it again------------------ 
-------------------not happening, I more than likely would get fired and lose my paycheck.
And this clown McConnelL is making over $223,000 a year as the worthless majority leader, he is just a right wing jerk, who helped set up some right wing "Dark Money" interests---------------to hurt this country and this government
And the other clowns are making $174,000 being hypocrites and having it both ways when it comes to double standards, then to top it all off they have there "Dark Money " interests basically saying wait or else--------------------do your job------------- earn your damn paycheck-------------and if you can't do your job--------------------resign---------------so that someone will do the job ---------------------------end of story
Honk--------------------for a political revolution Bernie 2016
if the democrats had this "pledge" there wouldn't be this "stuff" going on right now, I agree,
If democrats --------------we cannot think in terms of pie in the sky politics anymore.
We have to really focus on the next census (2020)------------------we need to get some states back into our collective column
The right wingers and there backers aren't, they are going for the juggler----------------and they have been doing it for over thirty five plus years, because of this former right wing court majority---------------it always goes back to the courts--------------every time....................economic, voting, racism, pollution, you name it it ends up in a court----------and presently there are more right wing judges on these courts
This "Dark Money" that these billionaires and multi-millionaires are writing off as deductions is just amazing, they can actually get tax deductions to start some 501c(3) or (4) foundation and get away with attacking everything and everyone, except themselves, there power and wealth, while we the taxpayers bankroll this stuff, because they can get away with it, because they are classified by law as a "social welfare foundations", more semantics, more Citizens United-------------more semantics.
When they start for example, Koch's American for Prosperity....................if people were to look at how the semantics of those three words mean and what they really mean---------------------it does not include us/we/you/me----------------it means two right wing hypocrite AYN RAND brothers (ONLY /THEM) and whoever they can buy off, with there lackeys, sitting in these offices in Congress.
David Koch (from the Book "DARK MONEY by Jane Mayer) on the 2010 election went into the Energy Committee and Ways and Means Committee headed by some newly elected jerk chairman from Texas by the name of Griffith, (golly gee-------from Texas--------------the same state where there EPA has been decimated, and to top it all off, they had an explosion in so many cities, and sites, that it is the death capital of the country when it comes to lacking of oversight and job safety, having people getting killed, because OSHA / EPA is now almost completely gone because of no funding to protect workers or the citizens in the state) and that's he is still there, getting his re-election seed "Dark Money" from with the help and encouragement you might say from David Koch's Enterprise PAC.
But his first order of business after speaking with this Koch's buddies, from him was to de-fund the EPA by 27% of the funds to operate under, but when it got to the senate they only cut 16% of the funds) now we have the crap coming out from Newark, Flint, and other parts of the country, on the lead in water because these a***sholes are de-funding agencies, and then going and saying see government doesn't work---------------------really, they use to work until you got into power and now your killing people and poisoning people-----------------------2+2 = 4 here folks, there is a connection, it's not the AYN RAND math of 2+2=5.
Ever hear of the EPA Superfund Clean up-----------------bet you haven't heard about any major clean-ups like let's say is Saltville , Virginia, or the Love Canal fiasco, in where people are dying because of lead poisoning, cancer and other "stuff", because there is no more EPA SUPERFUND, the money is gone.
The agency (EPA SUPERFUND) spent it last 3.5 billion from the oligarchies that had, were forced by the courts, to put money into the fund to clean-up there cr**p) it is gone, from like's the Olin Corporation, Koch Enterprise.
So the state taxpayers are left holding the bag, and the Koch's, Olin , Werhauser, Exxon Mobil don't have to pay now for the clean-up , because there hasn't been a major EPA SUPERFUND Committee hearing in over three years, prime example the Gulf of Mexico disaster, BP / Mobil did not repair the damage, completely, they idd not put any money into the EPA Superfund--------nada, nil, zero, zilch.
When they ("DARK MONEY"
willy-nilly decided all upon there libertarian tin foil head AYN RAND heads, to say hell with abiding by regulations, we'll just get people bought off and get them into Congress, gut the regulations, so we don't have to clean -up our mess, then attack the EPA like the dog and pony show, which was presented about the Snyder , Flint Michigan Cr**P, with that right wing lackey Chaffetz from Utah blaming the EPA, and then saying basically leave it to the state taxpayers----------------how's that state rights going for everyone----------------look at Flint-------------front and center, look at the schools in Michigan Chicago, Newark, Philadelphia, just to name a few---------------republican controlled state houses, decimating the very core infrastructure to protect the citizens of the country.
It's like some of these parents changing there kid diapers on airplanes and leaving them in the back seat, instead of going to the airplane bathroom and putting the Cr**ppy disposal diaper in the airplane trash area in the bathroom-----------nope--------------- put it in th back seat, same concept---------------------no accountability or common sense, (not knowing or caring that the fecal matter in the disposal diaper is contagious), but just greed, libertarian greed, for just them and there other libertarian friends in this "Dark Money" money stuff.
And like you said if democrats and independents don't see what is going on in this election----------------it's about the U.S. Supreme Court, Congress, and State and Local elections, its is the aftermath that middle america, Indigenous People , people of any color, are getting this "DARK MONEY " Corruption shoved into there face-------------------and its not a elected form of government-----------------------------but it is about money and the power of that money crippling this country-----------------we need a political revolution-------------------
Thank you for my ranting again.....................this "DARK MONEY" by Jane Mayer and other books, like What's the matter with Kansas, and books by David Cay Johnson, Naomi Klein, Thom Hartmann, etc................is giving me more cause to fight and win this election----------------we need this win .....................
Honk----------------------for a political revolution Bernie 2016
Hopefully 16 and counting. And hopefully Harry Reid and PBO are working on building on future alliances for the next democratic president and (dem) majority leader.
See what happens when you bogart the cocaine?
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