With this senate? Do you think Obama could not buy off a few of the worst of the RINOs at firesale prices? Just hole it up in the judiciary committee. Put it on ice - not put some ice on it. Any vote is dangerous.
Agreed. The Dems only need four Republican votes to put get a judge confirmed. How do you think McCain, Graham, Kirk, Collins, Murkowski, or Cornyn will vote? Obama would be a fool to make a recess appointment here. He knows he will get what he wants if it goes to a vote.
And even worse, there is a chance the Dems could gain Senate seats in the November election. Obama will have two weeks after the new Senate is in place to push a vote. With 24 GOP Senate seats up for grabs and only 10 Dem seats, he has got to like the odds. The only hope we have is if McConnell refuses to bring it to a vote. Scary, I know. But McConnell may be our only chance.
Grassley is the critical person here.
He can keep it bottled up in committee until next year if he wants.
Agree. It would be contrary to the best interests of the nation to let an idiot pick another Supreme Court justice. They should have refused to allow him to pick the first two kooks he put on the court.