[Liz]

.......you can judge the caliber of President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee by how angry the Democrats get.
The smarter and more influential the nominee, the more qualified they are, the angrier Democrats will get.......

Good rule.

[Rurudyne]

I’d like to someday see a headline that “Republicans celebrate Democrat outrage”

[ScottinVA]

That’s a valid rule of thumb for any nomination or policy decision. Gauge how vehemently the dems oppose it — the more rabid they are about it, the better decision it is.

[JohnBrowdie]

this guy is missing the point. trump should pick the next nominee because it the right nominee with the right principles and the right temperament, not according to how hysterical the nomination makes an already hopelessly hysterical bunch of weirdos.

[depressed in 06]

Bolshies got Kagen and Sotomayor, of course, they are going to be angry.

[CommerceComet]

I have always thought that the biggest threat of Robert Bork to the liberals was not his intellect (which was prodigious) but his persuasiveness. His argumentation was so logical that it compelled people to come along with him in a way that neither Rehnquist nor Scalia could match. Because of this ability, Bork didn’t really represent one vote on the Court but effectively two or three as he pulled Justices his way.

[fireman15]

I do not think that this is a valid way to judge anything in the current climate. President Trump could nominate Maxine Waters to the Supreme Court and the left would still be mad and be protesting. There is no way to placate the current mob.

[PghBaldy]

They got crazy over Souter, which shows they are crazed indiscriminately.

[rlmorel]

I may well manufacture A Supreme Court Justice Approval Level Meter tonight in Photoshop!

[vette6387]

But you haven't seen anything until Ruth Buzzy Ginsberg kicks off and has to be replaced! The RATs see that as a “Leftist Seat,” unlike Kennedy's which is the “moderate” one. Put up Amy Coney Barrett for that one and the RATs will be apoplectic! And that is why we need to widen our margin in the Senate, so Murky and Collins don't have any power. Get Tester, Manchin, Heitcamp, and maybe one or two others, and hold onto the two seats in AZ, the one in NV and the one in Tennessee