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How will Hillary get a left of center SCOTUS nominee through this senate if elected? (Original Post) 99Forever Feb 2016 OP
Equal time kick. 99Forever Feb 2016 #1
good question Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #2
Her supporters say she has magical powers with her twitter account jfern Feb 2016 #3
maybe her coat tails and our work helps return the senate to democratic control rurallib Feb 2016 #4
How would Sanders? Tell the Senate that's "a low blow" if they balk. Hoyt Feb 2016 #5
Asked and answered in another thread. 99Forever Feb 2016 #7
The same way anyone would select a nominee. Thinkingabout Feb 2016 #6
First she won't be elected, second if she was she wouldn't try bowens43 Feb 2016 #8
winner Go Vols Feb 2016 #9
I tend to agree with both points. 99Forever Feb 2016 #10
Third, she won't be working with this Senate. thesquanderer Feb 2016 #17
If we get back in this year the repubs won't have a choice same for Sanders. craigmatic Feb 2016 #11
Okay. 99Forever Feb 2016 #13
Woe to the republic craigmatic Feb 2016 #15
I'm going to go ahead and bet 5 bucks that you will not get an honest answer. arcane1 Feb 2016 #12
Yessir, way out on a limb... 99Forever Feb 2016 #14
Easy NV Whino Feb 2016 #16
We won't face this Senate. Any new Democratic president is likely to be joined by a tritsofme Feb 2016 #18
And this only applies to Hillary, eh? 99Forever Feb 2016 #19
I specifically didn't say that? tritsofme Feb 2016 #20
I specifially asked. 99Forever Feb 2016 #21
Apparently you chose a non-answer. 99Forever Feb 2016 #22
I have literally have no idea what you are talking about. tritsofme Feb 2016 #23
FIRST step: John Poet Feb 2016 #24

jfern

(5,204 posts)
3. Her supporters say she has magical powers with her twitter account
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 06:54 PM
Feb 2016

She solved the problems of high drug prices with one magical tweet. Surely she can do the same with this.

rurallib

(62,423 posts)
4. maybe her coat tails and our work helps return the senate to democratic control
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 06:54 PM
Feb 2016

Just because they are in power today doesn't mean they have to be next year.

 

bowens43

(16,064 posts)
8. First she won't be elected, second if she was she wouldn't try
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 07:00 PM
Feb 2016

hillary at best is a centrist. She is certainly no liberal.

99Forever

(14,524 posts)
10. I tend to agree with both points.
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 07:18 PM
Feb 2016

But it's only fair to offer Camp Weathervane an equal opportunity to explain what it is Hillary can do that Bernie can't.

Still waiting for a valid, honest answer.

thesquanderer

(11,990 posts)
17. Third, she won't be working with this Senate.
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 08:14 PM
Feb 2016

I realize, this is simply a counter-thread, but both threads are kinda silly.

tritsofme

(17,380 posts)
18. We won't face this Senate. Any new Democratic president is likely to be joined by a
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 08:20 PM
Feb 2016

new Democratic majority it in the Senate. After this spectacle, the SCOTUS filibuster would be zapped in a second if they tried to block.

Though it seems most likely that a new president would send up the same nominee as Obama, if that person was still willing to serve.

99Forever

(14,524 posts)
22. Apparently you chose a non-answer.
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 09:36 PM
Feb 2016

That's cool, because it actually is an answer. One that you don't have integrity enough to be honest about. Seems to happen a lot with Clinton and her people.

tritsofme

(17,380 posts)
23. I have literally have no idea what you are talking about.
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 12:28 AM
Feb 2016

Your rant is an irrational one.

Your question is also poorly worded/thought out, the next president, Hillary or someone else, will face a different Senate, not this one.

My answer was that any new Democratic president is likely to enjoy a Democratic Senate majority and have a lot more leeway. Not sure how your head devolves this into a nonsensical rant about integrity and honesty. Strange...

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