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Trump's wish for the Supreme Court may be his downfall (Overturning Roe will defeat him in 2020)
CNN ^ | July 6, 2018 | Bradley Tusk

Posted on 07/06/2018 8:57:40 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Despite what many of us want to believe, President Donald Trump is the front-runner in 2020. If you supported him in 2016, you have little reason to regret your choice -- he's working hard to fulfill all his campaign promises. Sure, the polls often show that Trump's approval rating is underwater. But voters are a lot more than just data points graphed onto projections.

No incumbent president in recent history has presided over a strong economy, not been enmeshed in a ground war and lost the next election. So, for those of us who desperately want to see a new president, just telling ourselves that a majority of the voters in key states will see what we see and feel how we feel isn't enough to actually win. It's going to take more than the constant tearing of garments and endless howls of outrage to beat him. It's going to take an outside factor -- like Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement.

There's no easily foreseeable reason the Senate won't be able to confirm whomever Trump nominates. In theory, Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, could join the 49 Democrats and slow the process, but it may not be realistic to expect every Democrat to stick together, particularly ones up for re-election in red states....

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2020; abortion; fud; obstructionofjustice; roe; roevwade; scotus; supremecourt; trump; trumpscotus
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Bradley Tusk is a retarded douchebag.

He should stick to ripping off the goyim.


21 posted on 07/06/2018 9:04:22 AM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES-GOD WITH US)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And Trump’s been going to fire Mueller every day for a year now according to them.


22 posted on 07/06/2018 9:04:26 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: SoFloFreeper
CNN’s obituary for Donald Trump #4,745,320

You mean the latest bright idea from this book:


23 posted on 07/06/2018 9:04:40 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

That’s what I was going to post.


24 posted on 07/06/2018 9:04:52 AM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

DEMOCRATS LOVE DEAD BABIES!! MORE DEAD BABIES!! MORE KILLER MOMS!!


25 posted on 07/06/2018 9:05:21 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Savage Beast

rofl..... so true!


26 posted on 07/06/2018 9:05:46 AM PDT by Ambrosia (Born in NC, then PA, NY,WV, NM, SC, and FL & back God/Freedom=Priority!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Dear Bradley is all we hate poured into one big, red rubber douche bag.

Roe is bad law. Overturn it and send abortion and medical regulation back to the States.

Constitution doesn’t address it. Feds stay out.


27 posted on 07/06/2018 9:06:19 AM PDT by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Strange logic. Do something to make the left unhappy, and that’ll mean you’re SURE to lose the 2020 election, Donald!

Huh? Say again?


28 posted on 07/06/2018 9:06:29 AM PDT by Pravious
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What a conundrum for CNN. They want Trump out in 2020, but what will do it is what they despise so much.


29 posted on 07/06/2018 9:06:58 AM PDT by fwdude (History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I frankly doubt Roe vs Wade will be overturned. The left is panicking over nothing.
30 posted on 07/06/2018 9:08:27 AM PDT by Artemis Webb (Maxine Waters for House Minority Leader!!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Never mind that most of the country disapproves of abortion except in VERY limited circumstances.


31 posted on 07/06/2018 9:09:04 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=600><p>https://i.imgur.com/zXSEP5Z.gif)
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To: Sacajaweau

“Back to the states” is the liberal’s nightmare, regarding abortion, marriage, and a lot of other things. Too close to the people and too far from Deep State.


32 posted on 07/06/2018 9:09:09 AM PDT by Genoa (Luke 12:2)
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To: JamesP81

If Roe were overturned, making the question of abortion a state issue, I wonder how many states would retain their existing practices, and how many would ban it severely or completely, seeing the degraded moral condition of this country.

My guess is that very few states would ban it outright.


33 posted on 07/06/2018 9:09:20 AM PDT by fwdude (History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
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To: JamesP81

Leftists are frightened little children and RvW is the Boogieman.

They intone the word just to give themselves goosebumps.


34 posted on 07/06/2018 9:09:59 AM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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Does the Supreme Court get abortion cases often?


35 posted on 07/06/2018 9:10:36 AM PDT by TakebackGOP
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To: SoFloFreeper

If only these clowns would engage brain before speaking, they’d realize how difficult that would be. First, someone has to file a suit to overturn Roe v. Wade. Then it gets appealed and after 3-4 years it MAY get to the SCOTUS and the MAY or MAY NOT hear the case. Then the justices would have to make a 9-0 or 8-1 to overturn.

Failure anywhere along the line means Roe v. Wade stands. Much as I’d like it overturned, the chances are about equal to Liberals loving USA.


36 posted on 07/06/2018 9:10:48 AM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: JamesP81
"I don’t understand why libs are so sure RvW is going to be overturned."

They're believing their own scare tactics.

37 posted on 07/06/2018 9:11:05 AM PDT by mlo
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To: JamesP81

For RvW to be ‘overturned’, there first has to be a ‘case’.

For there to be a ‘case’ there must be a ‘wrongdoing’.

I cannot think of a way for that to actually come about.

RvW is just the Boogie Man du Jour the MSM uses for ever SCOTUS appointment................


38 posted on 07/06/2018 9:11:07 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Bit of a dilemma for the libs then...which do they want more: to keep Roe or get rid of Trump?

All based on faulty premise, of course. In reality they will get neither.


39 posted on 07/06/2018 9:11:41 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Sessions. Trust the Plan.)
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To: JamesP81

That is how I feel about it.

These choices have less to do with reversing Roe v Wade and more about returning sanity and the rule of law to our judiciary branch.

But this is ALL the Left has. They have NO OTHER RALLYING POINT. Most Americans want the border protected including hispanics and blacks. Most Americans like what they see in the economy and foreign affairs. Identity politics is starting to run aground on the rocks as more numerous fragmented portions of the electorate are pitted against each other and forced to take sides.

Hysteria on Roe v Wade is all they have.


40 posted on 07/06/2018 9:11:59 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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