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

-The DC Circuit, while important, has a very low caseload, a...
Ruby pea-brained university
  11/21/13
Slide and let do.
medicated coffee pot principal's office
  11/21/13
I have to wonder if the GOP won't have a majority of senator...
Cordovan Trump Supporter
  11/21/13
We'll find out in about 15 minutes. They voted to end clotur...
Ruby pea-brained university
  11/21/13
Dems think they will have both senate and WH at last through...
razzmatazz naked theater
  11/21/13
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angry indigo ladyboy ape
  11/21/13
lol
Plum headpube
  11/21/13
lol is this a fucking joke? Hillary is literally UNTOUCHED f...
brindle crackhouse
  11/21/13
not to mention the electoral math simply doesn't favor the r...
Plum headpube
  11/21/13
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lemon excitant bawdyhouse keepsake machete
  08/14/18
Come back harry
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  08/14/18
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Ruby pea-brained university
  04/17/19
Lol
swashbuckling cobalt fat ankles
  04/17/19
(Ruth Bader Ginsburg)
Ruby pea-brained university
  11/21/13
I believe this is called the "QUICK DO SOMETHING...ANYT...
offensive tantric gas station
  11/21/13
(Karl Rove)
brindle crackhouse
  11/21/13
But, but, Benghazi!!!
shaky selfie international law enforcement agency
  11/21/13
death to israel
thriller address faggotry
  11/21/13
supposedly: they expect the Republicans to eliminate the fil...
Tripping filthy filthpig
  11/21/13
the democrats have a structural advantage in the electoral c...
smoky razzle-dazzle sound barrier stage
  11/21/13
dems do not have a structural advantage in the senate
Tripping filthy filthpig
  11/21/13
I know, but my point is that they have a structural advantag...
smoky razzle-dazzle sound barrier stage
  11/21/13
Elaborate, shitlib
brindle crackhouse
  11/21/13
Obama has done all sorts of things using the EPA and the Dep...
smoky razzle-dazzle sound barrier stage
  11/21/13
"the democrats have a structural advantage in the elect...
Ruby pea-brained university
  11/21/13
VA going blue seems to make GOP done here.
concupiscible deranged tattoo dilemma
  11/21/13
demography is destiny
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  11/21/13
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  04/17/19
(chuck grassley aide)
appetizing drunken space psychic
  11/21/13
How you been, friend.
Ruby pea-brained university
  11/21/13
how mad are you that john roberts thinks dc circuit requires...
appetizing drunken space psychic
  11/21/13
Stupid to say DC Circuit requires 11--when it had 12, they c...
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Date: November 21st, 2013 11:50 AM
Author: Ruby pea-brained university

-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: medicated coffee pot principal's office

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: Cordovan Trump Supporter

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: Ruby pea-brained university

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: razzmatazz naked theater

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: angry indigo ladyboy ape



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:29 PM
Author: Plum headpube

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: brindle crackhouse

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: Plum headpube

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: lemon excitant bawdyhouse keepsake machete



(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: slate cruel-hearted nursing home private investor

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: Ruby pea-brained university



(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: swashbuckling cobalt fat ankles

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: Ruby pea-brained university

(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: offensive tantric gas station

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: brindle crackhouse

(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: shaky selfie international law enforcement agency

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: thriller address faggotry

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: Tripping filthy filthpig

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: smoky razzle-dazzle sound barrier stage

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: Tripping filthy filthpig

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: smoky razzle-dazzle sound barrier stage

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: brindle crackhouse

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: smoky razzle-dazzle sound barrier stage

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: Ruby pea-brained university

"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: concupiscible deranged tattoo 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: smoky razzle-dazzle sound barrier stage

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: Ruby pea-brained university



(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: Ruby pea-brained university



(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: Ruby pea-brained university



(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: swashbuckling cobalt fat ankles



(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: appetizing drunken space psychic

(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: Ruby pea-brained university

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: appetizing drunken space psychic

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: Ruby pea-brained university

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: swashbuckling cobalt fat ankles



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