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Good question, I've wondered that myself chia Apr 2017 #1
I got reamed here for saying that at the time. Squinch Apr 2017 #2
You think McConnell would have passed through a judge replacing Ginsburg? MiniMe Apr 2017 #3
Game, set, match gratuitous Apr 2017 #6
Nope FBaggins Apr 2017 #12
well that's quite a bit of 20-20 hindsight vision there. unblock Apr 2017 #19
She didn't need to predict anything FBaggins Apr 2017 #22
until mcturtle pulled his stunt, having the other party in the senate wasn't the problem it is now. unblock Apr 2017 #34
It wasn't "the problem that it is now" FBaggins Apr 2017 #51
i agree, of course, that control of the senate has long been relevant unblock Apr 2017 #55
A good decade left in her? FBaggins Apr 2017 #60
Filibuster Bradical79 Apr 2017 #26
Of course FBaggins Apr 2017 #49
Just 43 out of 48 non sequential months. What was the longest sequential period? bettyellen Apr 2017 #27
Democrats controlled the Senate from just before Obama took office... FBaggins Apr 2017 #48
I think there was a break in there, someone died and we lost the majority.... bettyellen Apr 2017 #52
Nope - there was Kennedy and then Franken and the lawsuit messing shit up... bettyellen Apr 2017 #53
Only the Senate gets a say on nominations FBaggins Apr 2017 #58
Nope- Franken and Kennedy are senators and their inability to vote created a stalemate .... bettyellen Apr 2017 #59
What fantasy world are you living in? FBaggins Apr 2017 #62
exactly. Justice Ginsberg is a hero. 2018 is where we need to focus on. Not what coulda or still_one Apr 2017 #37
He wasn't majority leader until 2015 dsc Apr 2017 #45
Yes, in the first term. We would have gotten someone like Sotomayor or Kagan. pnwmom Apr 2017 #61
If she had, there'd have been another Judge Garland situation The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2017 #4
How the hell does McConnell get away rainy Apr 2017 #7
Because nobody has the stones to step up to him... Blue_Tires Apr 2017 #17
Evil prospers when good people do nothing Calculating Apr 2017 #21
I don't know, but he needs to be destroyed in his reelection bid. Initech Apr 2017 #42
Not if she had retired before 2014. NYC Liberal Apr 2017 #8
Not if she had done so before 2015 dsc Apr 2017 #46
Your post is an insult to an honorable Ginsburg. riversedge Apr 2017 #5
Totally Me. Apr 2017 #10
I COMPLETELY Agree!! malchickiwick Apr 2017 #13
You can be in the right, and still lose the game Calculating Apr 2017 #15
Oh I don't know FBaggins Apr 2017 #16
We need the Senate exboyfil Apr 2017 #9
We would have won the White House and the Senate had it not been for James Comey. StevieM Apr 2017 #28
He is a part of it exboyfil Apr 2017 #32
Please don't make it so simplistic... Baconator Apr 2017 #44
Underestimate RBG at your own peril. I predict she outlasts this dismal administration. malchickiwick Apr 2017 #11
Any potential contenders for 2020 you can "look at" and determine they can't make.... NCTraveler Apr 2017 #14
I'm just sayin Calculating Apr 2017 #20
Are You Putting A Death Wish On Her Me. Apr 2017 #23
Yet you leave my question unanswered. NCTraveler Apr 2017 #24
I am placing my bet on the Notorious one (plus... coulda, shoulda, woulda is pointless) demmiblue Apr 2017 #18
Thanks so much for this, demmiblue! elleng Apr 2017 #31
Bullshit. nt LexVegas Apr 2017 #25
Thanks, Lex. elleng Apr 2017 #30
because obviously President Obama would have had an easy time filling her spot, elleng Apr 2017 #29
Sotomayor and Kagan were easily confirmed Shrek Apr 2017 #39
I hope all those "But Hillary is too flawed and too unpopular!!111" folks realize Blue_Tires Apr 2017 #33
They would have Merrick'd her... Wounded Bear Apr 2017 #35
Not if she retired while Obama had the senate Calculating Apr 2017 #38
Wow they would have had to time it carefully then.... bettyellen Apr 2017 #54
He got Kagan and Sotomayor approved. Anyone he appointed would have been pnwmom Apr 2017 #63
Hindsight is always 20/20 Proud Liberal Dem Apr 2017 #36
Gee, I guess those self-identified progressives that refused to vote for Hillary didn't care about still_one Apr 2017 #40
Is There Any Hope OldSchoolLiberal Apr 2017 #41
depends on your meaning of survive dsc Apr 2017 #47
He spent that small window of time with Dems in majority working on health care SticksnStones Apr 2017 #43
She could fool you...and I say she does. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #50
And watch the Dems flail tazkcmo Apr 2017 #56
So we'd be two down? There's no way the Repubs would have approved one OR two. n/t woodsprite Apr 2017 #57
IMO, Roberts and Thomas will retire at the end of summer. nt CK_John Apr 2017 #64
Not a chance on Roberts... almost none on Thomas FBaggins Apr 2017 #66
"Just looking at her" JHan Apr 2017 #65
Agree, perhaps also Breyer. radius777 Apr 2017 #67
Hindsight. moondust Apr 2017 #68
Yep, we certainly fucked ourselves over in November. This last POTUS election was ALL about the beaglelover Apr 2017 #69
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