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In reply to the discussion: Ginsburg needed to retire under Obama [View all]CK_John
(10,005 posts)64. IMO, Roberts and Thomas will retire at the end of summer. nt
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until mcturtle pulled his stunt, having the other party in the senate wasn't the problem it is now.
unblock
Apr 2017
#34
Just 43 out of 48 non sequential months. What was the longest sequential period?
bettyellen
Apr 2017
#27
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
Nope- Franken and Kennedy are senators and their inability to vote created a stalemate ....
bettyellen
Apr 2017
#59
exactly. Justice Ginsberg is a hero. 2018 is where we need to focus on. Not what coulda or
still_one
Apr 2017
#37
We would have won the White House and the Senate had it not been for James Comey.
StevieM
Apr 2017
#28
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 am placing my bet on the Notorious one (plus... coulda, shoulda, woulda is pointless)
demmiblue
Apr 2017
#18
I hope all those "But Hillary is too flawed and too unpopular!!111" folks realize
Blue_Tires
Apr 2017
#33
Gee, I guess those self-identified progressives that refused to vote for Hillary didn't care about
still_one
Apr 2017
#40
He spent that small window of time with Dems in majority working on health care
SticksnStones
Apr 2017
#43
So we'd be two down? There's no way the Repubs would have approved one OR two. n/t
woodsprite
Apr 2017
#57
Yep, we certainly fucked ourselves over in November. This last POTUS election was ALL about the
beaglelover
Apr 2017
#69