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Re: Kennedy Replacement DDF Shortlist
« Reply #160 on: July 10, 2018, 09:56:32 AM »
...but wait everyone said that about Trump chances. So doesn't that mean whenever someone says anything like that again, they are wrong? :)

Of course anything can happen. It just is unlikely. And would require republicans to unseat incumbents from strong blue states, which will be challenging to do.

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Re: Kennedy Replacement DDF Shortlist
« Reply #161 on: July 10, 2018, 09:56:54 AM »
CM said never, my response was some day there can be 58, not that I think it'll happen in the midterms but you can't say never.
Just like a Trumpster twisting your own words to fit your logic. You never said "some day" or "can".
With 58 Republican senators, why not?
Any logical person would have thought you were talking about the midterms.
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Re: Kennedy Replacement DDF Shortlist
« Reply #162 on: July 10, 2018, 09:58:53 AM »
How about that they don't have 56+?  I think that's more fair and it's something I'd be willing to bet on.
I am not looking for fair. I am looking for these Trumpsters to back up their claims with cold hard cash!!!
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Re: Kennedy Replacement DDF Shortlist
« Reply #163 on: July 10, 2018, 09:59:55 AM »
Just like a Trumpster twisting your own words to fit your logic. You never said some day. Any logical person would have thought you were talking about the midterms.
So Trumpsters twist their words and you put words into someones mouth, aha. Obviously I was talking about some day.

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Re: Kennedy Replacement DDF Shortlist
« Reply #164 on: July 10, 2018, 10:03:22 AM »
So Trumpsters twist their words and you put words into someones mouth, aha. Obviously I was talking about some day.
No I took your words at face value. If you say you meant some day I accept that.
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Re: Kennedy Replacement DDF Shortlist
« Reply #165 on: July 10, 2018, 10:05:43 AM »
No I took your words at face value. If you say you meant some day I accept that.

Which would be more unlikely by the year, given RBG's advanced age.

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Re: Kennedy Replacement DDF Shortlist
« Reply #166 on: July 10, 2018, 10:51:03 AM »
With 58 Republican senators, why not?
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Re: Kennedy Replacement DDF Shortlist
« Reply #167 on: July 10, 2018, 10:52:04 AM »
Keep in mind 2020/22 is more difficult, given the number of seats R will have to defend. They have around 2/3 of the seats up for election each of those years.
The Rs best bet for a supermajority in the Senate would have been a Hillary presidency.
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Re: Kennedy Replacement DDF Shortlist
« Reply #169 on: July 10, 2018, 11:32:42 AM »
https://www.axios.com/poll-democrats-2018-midterms-senate-5eb4075f-4325-46aa-bda5-699b814d9dd7.html
Weird tone of certainty to an article showing 5-6 races that are close enough they could certainly go either way still.

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Re: Kennedy Replacement DDF Shortlist
« Reply #170 on: July 10, 2018, 01:48:14 PM »
Has it occurred to anyone else that Kavanaugh may have deliberately avoided addressing Roe vs Wade in Garza v. Hargan in anticipation of SCOTUS confirmation hearings?

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Re: Kennedy Replacement DDF Shortlist
« Reply #171 on: July 10, 2018, 02:08:39 PM »
he is going to play up his clerking with Kennedy and his ability to be a swing vote

imo the reason trump nominated him is not his abortion or aca rulings but his opinion that a president can't be criminally prosecuted.

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Re: Kennedy Replacement DDF Shortlist
« Reply #172 on: July 10, 2018, 02:12:18 PM »
imo the reason trump nominated him is not his abortion or aca rulings but his opinion that a president can't be criminally prosecuted.
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Re: Kennedy Replacement DDF Shortlist
« Reply #173 on: July 10, 2018, 02:26:44 PM »
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Re: Kennedy Replacement DDF Shortlist
« Reply #174 on: July 10, 2018, 03:33:10 PM »
he is going to play up his clerking with Kennedy and his ability to be a swing vote

imo the reason trump nominated him is not his abortion or aca rulings but his opinion that a president can't be criminally prosecuted.
If that was the reason he may have wasted his pick! It will not save him from impeachment nor from prosecution the minute he leaves office.

https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/brett-kavanaugh-wont-protect-donald-trump/
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Re: Kennedy Replacement DDF Shortlist
« Reply #175 on: July 10, 2018, 03:57:41 PM »
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So I propose that the Democrats offer the following compromise: Each Senate Democrat will pledge either to vote yes for Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation — or, if voting no, to first publicly name at least two clearly better candidates whom a Republican president might realistically have nominated instead (not an easy task). In exchange for this act of good will, Democrats will insist that Judge Kavanaugh answer all fair questions at his confirmation hearing.

This is something which should be asked over and over again to every liberal on TV opposing this nomination. Merrick Garland does not count as an answer.
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Re: Kennedy Replacement DDF Shortlist
« Reply #176 on: July 10, 2018, 04:03:27 PM »
Merrick Garland does not count as an answer.
Why not?
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Re: Kennedy Replacement DDF Shortlist
« Reply #177 on: July 10, 2018, 04:20:19 PM »
Why not?
Because he is not a "candidate(s) whom a Republican president might realistically have nominated". Simple enough.
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Re: Kennedy Replacement DDF Shortlist
« Reply #178 on: July 10, 2018, 04:29:23 PM »


Any logical person would have thought you were talking about the midterms.

+1

https://www.axios.com/poll-democrats-2018-midterms-senate-5eb4075f-4325-46aa-bda5-699b814d9dd7.html

This has been going on for a few months now. At this point NK/Economy (if tarriffs don't kill it)/SCOTUS/Trump syndrome (you simply stop caring about anything that he says)...

They are in a pretty good position.

That said a few pickups CAN happen (54?) Obviously we will find out

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Re: Kennedy Replacement DDF Shortlist
« Reply #179 on: July 10, 2018, 04:32:07 PM »


he is going to play up his clerking with Kennedy and his ability to be a swing vote

imo the reason trump nominated him is not his abortion or aca rulings but his opinion that a president can't be criminally prosecuted.



I'm actually pretty surprised with the pick.

Didn't strike down ACA? Check
Anti abortion worked against him? Check

"Anti-abortion groups quietly lobbied against Kavanaugh, pushing instead for another jurist on Trump’s shortlist, 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Amy Coney Barrett, ABC News reported in the run-up to Trump’s announcement."

But he believes that a president shouldn't be indicted...check check

"Kavanaugh's work on the Starr report has been scrutinized by Republicans who have said it could pose trouble for the president as he negotiates with special counsel Robert Mueller over the terms of a possible interview related to Mueller's Russia probe. The 1998 document found that Clinton's multiple refusals to testify to a grand jury in connection with Starr's investigation were grounds for impeachment.
In later years, Kavanaugh said that Clinton should not have had to face down an investigation during his presidency. He has said the indictment of a president would not serve the public interest."

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/05/trump-picks-brett-kavanaugh-for-supreme-court.html