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

-The DC Circuit, while important, has a very low caseload, a...
Vengeful set travel guidebook
  11/21/13
Slide and let do.
boyish hissy fit site
  11/21/13
I have to wonder if the GOP won't have a majority of senator...
violent dragon
  11/21/13
We'll find out in about 15 minutes. They voted to end clotur...
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  11/21/13
Dems think they will have both senate and WH at last through...
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maroon dashing locus
  11/21/13
lol
Bateful crotch public bath
  11/21/13
lol is this a fucking joke? Hillary is literally UNTOUCHED f...
flushed bipolar faggot firefighter sandwich
  11/21/13
not to mention the electoral math simply doesn't favor the r...
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  08/14/18
Come back harry
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Lol
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s.e.g.a.
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(Ruth Bader Ginsburg)
Vengeful set travel guidebook
  11/21/13
I believe this is called the "QUICK DO SOMETHING...ANYT...
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  11/21/13
(Karl Rove)
flushed bipolar faggot firefighter sandwich
  11/21/13
But, but, Benghazi!!!
flesh soul-stirring black woman
  11/21/13
death to israel
Mint concupiscible party of the first part
  11/21/13
supposedly: they expect the Republicans to eliminate the fil...
Citrine mad-dog skullcap
  11/21/13
the democrats have a structural advantage in the electoral c...
sooty mentally impaired fat ankles liquid oxygen
  11/21/13
dems do not have a structural advantage in the senate
Citrine mad-dog skullcap
  11/21/13
I know, but my point is that they have a structural advantag...
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  11/21/13
Elaborate, shitlib
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  11/21/13
Obama has done all sorts of things using the EPA and the Dep...
sooty mentally impaired fat ankles liquid oxygen
  11/21/13
"the democrats have a structural advantage in the elect...
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  11/21/13
VA going blue seems to make GOP done here.
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  11/21/13
demography is destiny
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  11/21/13
How you been, friend.
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how mad are you that john roberts thinks dc circuit requires...
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Date: November 21st, 2013 11:50 AM
Author: Vengeful set travel guidebook

-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: boyish hissy fit site

Slide and let do.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2/#24481959)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 11:55 AM
Author: violent dragon

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: Vengeful set travel guidebook

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: Aromatic frozen national security agency

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2/#24481986)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:01 PM
Author: maroon dashing locus



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:29 PM
Author: Bateful crotch public bath

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2/#24482162)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: flushed bipolar faggot firefighter sandwich

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: Bateful crotch public bath

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: Underhanded church place of business



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2/#36618339)



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Date: August 14th, 2018 10:41 PM
Author: outnumbered point

Come back harry

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2/#36618343)



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Date: April 17th, 2019 4:16 PM
Author: Vengeful set travel guidebook



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2/#38102393)



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Date: April 17th, 2019 4:17 PM
Author: Pea-brained Location Candlestick Maker

Lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2/#38102401)



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



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2/#49819243)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:02 PM
Author: Vengeful set travel guidebook

(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: Floppy duck-like feces lodge

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: flushed bipolar faggot firefighter sandwich

(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: flesh soul-stirring black woman

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: Mint concupiscible party of the first part

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: Citrine mad-dog skullcap

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: sooty mentally impaired fat ankles liquid oxygen

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: Citrine mad-dog skullcap

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: sooty mentally impaired fat ankles liquid oxygen

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: flushed bipolar faggot firefighter sandwich

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: sooty mentally impaired fat ankles liquid oxygen

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: Vengeful set travel guidebook

"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: Coral pit people who are hurt

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: sooty mentally impaired fat ankles liquid oxygen

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: Vengeful set travel guidebook



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2/#34641763)



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Date: August 14th, 2018 10:39 PM
Author: Vengeful set travel guidebook



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2/#36618330)



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Date: April 17th, 2019 4:17 PM
Author: Vengeful set travel guidebook



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2/#38102394)



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Date: April 17th, 2019 4:18 PM
Author: Pea-brained Location Candlestick Maker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2/#38102403)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:55 PM
Author: glassy weed whacker

(chuck grassley aide)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2/#24482633)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:56 PM
Author: Vengeful set travel guidebook

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: glassy weed whacker

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: Vengeful set travel guidebook

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: Pea-brained Location Candlestick Maker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2/#38102404)