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Someone explain Obama-Reid's nuclear long-game.

-The DC Circuit, while important, has a very low caseload, a...
Deep trip wrinkle
  11/21/13
Slide and let do.
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  11/21/13
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I believe this is called the "QUICK DO SOMETHING...ANYT...
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But, but, Benghazi!!!
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the democrats have a structural advantage in the electoral c...
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dems do not have a structural advantage in the senate
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Date: November 21st, 2013 11:50 AM
Author: Deep trip wrinkle

-The DC Circuit, while important, has a very low caseload, and these three judges are not going to have a very significant impact, especially with a lot of senior Reagan-era nominees still staffing cases.

-Maybe his goal is to staff the bench with 50- to 52-year-old judges who'll be shortlisted for the next Democratic administration for SCOTUS. But that's a very very long game and assumes that no one else in the wings is any good for a short list.

-There's only a couple of years left in his term for him to even get nominees through, and he's nominated at a lower rate.

So while I get that Obama and Reid have advantages to going nuclear, doesn't this, in the long run, likely fail a Rawlsian test in terms of long-term advantage?

Anyone liberals want to defend on the basis of something I'm missing. tyia

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2),#24481933)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 11:51 AM
Author: contagious pearly chapel party of the first part

Slide and let do.

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Date: November 21st, 2013 11:55 AM
Author: hateful step-uncle's house masturbator

I have to wonder if the GOP won't have a majority of senators pretty soon, in which case Reid will be glad to have been bluffing. He's a shrewd, craft parliamentarian, so I assume it's a bluff.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2),#24481974)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 11:57 AM
Author: Deep trip wrinkle

We'll find out in about 15 minutes. They voted to end cloture on a nominee (failed), they vote to adjourn (failed), they're voting on whether to reconsider the cloture vote at the moment. Endgame now, unless a last-second negotiation comes through.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2),#24481985)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 11:57 AM
Author: twinkling kink-friendly den

Dems think they will have both senate and WH at last through 2020

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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:01 PM
Author: bat shit crazy fat ankles



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:29 PM
Author: crystalline dashing tanning salon potus

lol

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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: carmine point

lol is this a fucking joke? Hillary is literally UNTOUCHED from this rollout 3 years before the election

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2),#24482166)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:32 PM
Author: crystalline dashing tanning salon potus

not to mention the electoral math simply doesn't favor the republicans anymore no matter how you arrange the swing states. Even if they could take FL, OH and VA back they'd still lose

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2),#24482182)



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Date: August 14th, 2018 10:41 PM
Author: indigo motley heaven



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Date: August 14th, 2018 10:41 PM
Author: Stirring umber abode

Come back harry

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Date: April 17th, 2019 4:16 PM
Author: Deep trip wrinkle



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Date: April 17th, 2019 4:17 PM
Author: provocative mustard stag film jewess

Lol

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Date: April 15th, 2026 12:14 PM
Author: s.e.g.a.



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:02 PM
Author: Deep trip wrinkle

(Ruth Bader Ginsburg)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2),#24482007)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 11:58 AM
Author: Orange Appetizing Main People Area

I believe this is called the "QUICK DO SOMETHING...ANYTHING...TO CHANGE THE CURRENT MEDIA NARRATIVE" tactic.

Or perhaps that tactic's cousein, the "WE'RE GETTING DESTROYED IN THE MEDIA ALREADY, MIGHT AS WELL CRAM IN AS MUCH BAD SHIT AT ONCE AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THEY ONLY HAVE SO MANY MINUTES OF AIRTIME TO BLAST US" gambit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2),#24481995)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: carmine point

(Karl Rove)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2),#24482172)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:51 PM
Author: spectacular house

But, but, Benghazi!!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2),#24482602)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:00 PM
Author: exciting cuckoldry

death to israel

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2),#24482001)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:05 PM
Author: Amber irate preventive strike

supposedly: they expect the Republicans to eliminate the filibuster when they win a narrow majority (possibly as soon as 2014), so just do it now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2),#24482027)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:06 PM
Author: filthy cream bbw volcanic crater

the democrats have a structural advantage in the electoral college and will probably hold the white house for the foreseeable future, even though gerrymandering and rural districts will keep the gop in control of the house. if a democratic president has a friendly DC circuit he can simply do whatever he wants and get them to rubber stamp it.

obama is already going this.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2),#24482034)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:27 PM
Author: Amber irate preventive strike

dems do not have a structural advantage in the senate

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2),#24482156)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: filthy cream bbw volcanic crater

I know, but my point is that they have a structural advantage in the electoral college. They want to get these DC circuit nominees confirmed so the president act unilaterally.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2),#24482167)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:31 PM
Author: carmine point

Elaborate, shitlib

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2),#24482181)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:33 PM
Author: filthy cream bbw volcanic crater

Obama has done all sorts of things using the EPA and the Department of Justice. He's done everything from imposing new coal regulations to unilaterally stopping the deportation of "Dreamers." He's become an imperial president.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2),#24482184)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:41 PM
Author: Deep trip wrinkle

"the democrats have a structural advantage in the electoral college"

lol@ this post-November 2012 meme.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2),#24482539)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:47 PM
Author: insanely creepy apoplectic office

VA going blue seems to make GOP done here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2),#24482574)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:51 PM
Author: filthy cream bbw volcanic crater

demography is destiny

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2),#24482608)



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Date: November 9th, 2017 8:58 AM
Author: Deep trip wrinkle



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Date: August 14th, 2018 10:39 PM
Author: Deep trip wrinkle



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Date: April 17th, 2019 4:17 PM
Author: Deep trip wrinkle



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Date: April 17th, 2019 4:18 PM
Author: provocative mustard stag film jewess



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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:55 PM
Author: saffron laughsome public bath knife

(chuck grassley aide)

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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:56 PM
Author: Deep trip wrinkle

How you been, friend.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2),#24482644)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:59 PM
Author: saffron laughsome public bath knife

how mad are you that john roberts thinks dc circuit requires 11 judges and that "lowest caseload" is a crock of horseshit as a metric

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2),#24482666)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 2:24 PM
Author: Deep trip wrinkle

Stupid to say DC Circuit requires 11--when it had 12, they cut a vacant seat and moved it over to the Ninth Circuit in 2007 because the DC Circuit caseload is so low. They should cut it to 9. But the GOP is stupid for saying "well it's so low so we should just leave it vacant." No, the solution is to statutorily amend the number of seats on the DC Circuit, not to refuse to fill vacancies.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2),#24482851)



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Date: April 17th, 2019 4:18 PM
Author: provocative mustard stag film jewess



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