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

-The DC Circuit, while important, has a very low caseload, a...
Mildly autistic hairraiser menage goyim
  11/21/13
Slide and let do.
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  11/21/13
I have to wonder if the GOP won't have a majority of senator...
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  11/21/13
We'll find out in about 15 minutes. They voted to end clotur...
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lol is this a fucking joke? Hillary is literally UNTOUCHED f...
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not to mention the electoral math simply doesn't favor the r...
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Come back harry
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  11/21/13
I believe this is called the "QUICK DO SOMETHING...ANYT...
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(Karl Rove)
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  11/21/13
But, but, Benghazi!!!
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death to israel
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  11/21/13
supposedly: they expect the Republicans to eliminate the fil...
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  11/21/13
the democrats have a structural advantage in the electoral c...
charismatic bossy selfie
  11/21/13
dems do not have a structural advantage in the senate
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I know, but my point is that they have a structural advantag...
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Elaborate, shitlib
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Obama has done all sorts of things using the EPA and the Dep...
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"the democrats have a structural advantage in the elect...
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VA going blue seems to make GOP done here.
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demography is destiny
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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: Mildly autistic hairraiser menage goyim

-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: exhilarant ultramarine goal in life

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: harsh irate institution electric furnace

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: Mildly autistic hairraiser menage goyim

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: mint apoplectic office

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: spectacular nighttime sweet tailpipe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2#24482004)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:29 PM
Author: soul-stirring useless friendly grandma field

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: Ruby bateful piazza

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: soul-stirring useless friendly grandma field

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: Cream Excitant Sound Barrier



(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: spruce frisky crackhouse pocket flask

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: Mildly autistic hairraiser menage goyim



(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: Dead Lemon Abode

Lol

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



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:02 PM
Author: Mildly autistic hairraiser menage goyim

(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: territorial partner roast beef

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: Ruby bateful piazza

(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: Adventurous community account

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: pale arousing theater cuck

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: frozen digit ratio

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: charismatic bossy selfie

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: frozen digit ratio

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: charismatic bossy selfie

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: Ruby bateful piazza

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: charismatic bossy selfie

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: Mildly autistic hairraiser menage goyim

"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: Electric Love Of Her Life Dilemma

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: charismatic bossy selfie

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: Mildly autistic hairraiser menage goyim



(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: Mildly autistic hairraiser menage goyim



(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: Mildly autistic hairraiser menage goyim



(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: Dead Lemon Abode



(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: razzle-dazzle sandwich

(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: Mildly autistic hairraiser menage goyim

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: razzle-dazzle sandwich

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: Mildly autistic hairraiser menage goyim

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: Dead Lemon Abode



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