NEITHER candidate can get a left of center SCOTUS nominee through THIS Senate.

[MohRokTah]

That's mostly because THIS Senate ends when the sine die adjournment commences no later than December 31, 2016.

Either candidate would be more concerned with getting nominations through the Senate in the 115th Congress than through the current senate in the 114th Congress.

[valerief]

1. No we can't! No we can't!

Whatever happened to deals?

[MohRokTah]

2. How does a president who takes office on January 20, 2017 deal with the Senate of the 114th Congress

when the 115th Congress takes office on January 3, 2017?

[valerief]

4. Huh? Why go off into the future?

Never mind. You're not making sense.

[MohRokTah]

7. Actually, you're the one not making sense.

Neither candidate can take office prior to January 20, 2017.

The 115th Congress takes office on January 3, 2017.

NEITHER Candidate could possibly deal with any nomination with THIS Senate since the NEXT Senate takes office before they could possibly take their oath of office.

[Quixote1818]

6. Not worth taking the chance of a Republican getting the POTUS

The other poster is right, deals need to be made.

[MohRokTah]

8. NEither candidate can make those deals.

Neither one of them has any possibility of being president before January 20, 2017.

[Quixote1818]

9. Public pressure will cause the Senate to cave.

I will bet you $100 we have a new Supreme Court Justice before Obama's term ends. Sorry, it's just going to happen.

[MohRokTah]

10. That may well be so but has precisely nothing to do with the OP. eom

[Quixote1818]

11. The other poster moved the discussion in a different direction because the OP

doesn't make sense. Why are we even talking about next year when Obama will likely get someone through this year?

[MohRokTah]

12. There were two threads, each declaring that one of the two candidates could not get a nominee

through THIS Senate.

The point of the OP is that both are ridiculous statements because neither candidate will ever face getting any nominee through this Senate.

IF that simple fact does not make sense to you, there is nothing I can do to help you.

[yurbud]

3. I would call their bluff--but tell Harry Reid they have to do a REAL talking, stay on floor and piss

your pants filibuster.

[MohRokTah]

5. When either candidate takes office, Harry Reid will no longer be in the Senate. eom

[yurbud]

13. I meant if they obstruct during Obama's last year.

[MohRokTah]

14. Well,that's a completely different point separate ffrom the point of the OP. eom

[frylock]

15. I see what you did.