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Someone explain Obama-Reid's nuclear long-game.

-The DC Circuit, while important, has a very low caseload, a...
wonderful ivory coffee pot brunch
  11/21/13
Slide and let do.
submissive bat-shit-crazy institution
  11/21/13
I have to wonder if the GOP won't have a majority of senator...
Talented newt foreskin
  11/21/13
We'll find out in about 15 minutes. They voted to end clotur...
wonderful ivory coffee pot brunch
  11/21/13
Dems think they will have both senate and WH at last through...
Charismatic Hell
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bearded blathering becky skinny woman
  11/21/13
lol
Disturbing boyish mad-dog skullcap
  11/21/13
lol is this a fucking joke? Hillary is literally UNTOUCHED f...
bronze fat ankles
  11/21/13
not to mention the electoral math simply doesn't favor the r...
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mustard faggot firefighter national
  08/14/18
Come back harry
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  04/17/19
Lol
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s.e.g.a.
  04/15/26
(Ruth Bader Ginsburg)
wonderful ivory coffee pot brunch
  11/21/13
I believe this is called the "QUICK DO SOMETHING...ANYT...
Silver hairless old irish cottage
  11/21/13
(Karl Rove)
bronze fat ankles
  11/21/13
But, but, Benghazi!!!
Fragrant Costumed Son Of Senegal
  11/21/13
death to israel
Titillating Sapphire Nursing Home Dopamine
  11/21/13
supposedly: they expect the Republicans to eliminate the fil...
sienna lay faggotry
  11/21/13
the democrats have a structural advantage in the electoral c...
provocative menage
  11/21/13
dems do not have a structural advantage in the senate
sienna lay faggotry
  11/21/13
I know, but my point is that they have a structural advantag...
provocative menage
  11/21/13
Elaborate, shitlib
bronze fat ankles
  11/21/13
Obama has done all sorts of things using the EPA and the Dep...
provocative menage
  11/21/13
"the democrats have a structural advantage in the elect...
wonderful ivory coffee pot brunch
  11/21/13
VA going blue seems to make GOP done here.
spectacular therapy
  11/21/13
demography is destiny
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(chuck grassley aide)
cruel-hearted locale
  11/21/13
How you been, friend.
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  11/21/13
how mad are you that john roberts thinks dc circuit requires...
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  11/21/13
Stupid to say DC Circuit requires 11--when it had 12, they c...
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Date: November 21st, 2013 11:50 AM
Author: wonderful ivory coffee pot brunch

-The DC Circuit, while important, has a very low caseload, and these three judges are not going to have a very significant impact, especially with a lot of senior Reagan-era nominees still staffing cases.

-Maybe his goal is to staff the bench with 50- to 52-year-old judges who'll be shortlisted for the next Democratic administration for SCOTUS. But that's a very very long game and assumes that no one else in the wings is any good for a short list.

-There's only a couple of years left in his term for him to even get nominees through, and he's nominated at a lower rate.

So while I get that Obama and Reid have advantages to going nuclear, doesn't this, in the long run, likely fail a Rawlsian test in terms of long-term advantage?

Anyone liberals want to defend on the basis of something I'm missing. tyia

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#24481933)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 11:51 AM
Author: submissive bat-shit-crazy institution

Slide and let do.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#24481959)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 11:55 AM
Author: Talented newt foreskin

I have to wonder if the GOP won't have a majority of senators pretty soon, in which case Reid will be glad to have been bluffing. He's a shrewd, craft parliamentarian, so I assume it's a bluff.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#24481974)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 11:57 AM
Author: wonderful ivory coffee pot brunch

We'll find out in about 15 minutes. They voted to end cloture on a nominee (failed), they vote to adjourn (failed), they're voting on whether to reconsider the cloture vote at the moment. Endgame now, unless a last-second negotiation comes through.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#24481985)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 11:57 AM
Author: Charismatic Hell

Dems think they will have both senate and WH at last through 2020

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#24481986)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:01 PM
Author: bearded blathering becky skinny woman



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:29 PM
Author: Disturbing boyish mad-dog skullcap

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#24482162)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: bronze fat ankles

lol is this a fucking joke? Hillary is literally UNTOUCHED from this rollout 3 years before the election

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#24482166)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:32 PM
Author: Disturbing boyish mad-dog skullcap

not to mention the electoral math simply doesn't favor the republicans anymore no matter how you arrange the swing states. Even if they could take FL, OH and VA back they'd still lose

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#24482182)



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Date: August 14th, 2018 10:41 PM
Author: mustard faggot firefighter national



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#36618339)



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Date: August 14th, 2018 10:41 PM
Author: Mind-boggling milky parlor

Come back harry

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#36618343)



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Date: April 17th, 2019 4:16 PM
Author: wonderful ivory coffee pot brunch



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#38102393)



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Date: April 17th, 2019 4:17 PM
Author: Bull headed office

Lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#38102401)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 12:14 PM
Author: s.e.g.a.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#49819243)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:02 PM
Author: wonderful ivory coffee pot brunch

(Ruth Bader Ginsburg)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#24482007)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 11:58 AM
Author: Silver hairless old irish cottage

I believe this is called the "QUICK DO SOMETHING...ANYTHING...TO CHANGE THE CURRENT MEDIA NARRATIVE" tactic.

Or perhaps that tactic's cousein, the "WE'RE GETTING DESTROYED IN THE MEDIA ALREADY, MIGHT AS WELL CRAM IN AS MUCH BAD SHIT AT ONCE AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THEY ONLY HAVE SO MANY MINUTES OF AIRTIME TO BLAST US" gambit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#24481995)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: bronze fat ankles

(Karl Rove)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#24482172)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:51 PM
Author: Fragrant Costumed Son Of Senegal

But, but, Benghazi!!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#24482602)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:00 PM
Author: Titillating Sapphire Nursing Home Dopamine

death to israel

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#24482001)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:05 PM
Author: sienna lay faggotry

supposedly: they expect the Republicans to eliminate the filibuster when they win a narrow majority (possibly as soon as 2014), so just do it now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#24482027)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:06 PM
Author: provocative menage

the democrats have a structural advantage in the electoral college and will probably hold the white house for the foreseeable future, even though gerrymandering and rural districts will keep the gop in control of the house. if a democratic president has a friendly DC circuit he can simply do whatever he wants and get them to rubber stamp it.

obama is already going this.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#24482034)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:27 PM
Author: sienna lay faggotry

dems do not have a structural advantage in the senate

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#24482156)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: provocative menage

I know, but my point is that they have a structural advantage in the electoral college. They want to get these DC circuit nominees confirmed so the president act unilaterally.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#24482167)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:31 PM
Author: bronze fat ankles

Elaborate, shitlib

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#24482181)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:33 PM
Author: provocative menage

Obama has done all sorts of things using the EPA and the Department of Justice. He's done everything from imposing new coal regulations to unilaterally stopping the deportation of "Dreamers." He's become an imperial president.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#24482184)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:41 PM
Author: wonderful ivory coffee pot brunch

"the democrats have a structural advantage in the electoral college"

lol@ this post-November 2012 meme.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#24482539)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:47 PM
Author: spectacular therapy

VA going blue seems to make GOP done here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#24482574)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:51 PM
Author: provocative menage

demography is destiny

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#24482608)



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Date: November 9th, 2017 8:58 AM
Author: wonderful ivory coffee pot brunch



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#34641763)



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Date: August 14th, 2018 10:39 PM
Author: wonderful ivory coffee pot brunch



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#36618330)



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Date: April 17th, 2019 4:17 PM
Author: wonderful ivory coffee pot brunch



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#38102394)



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Date: April 17th, 2019 4:18 PM
Author: Bull headed office



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#38102403)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:55 PM
Author: cruel-hearted locale

(chuck grassley aide)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#24482633)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:56 PM
Author: wonderful ivory coffee pot brunch

How you been, friend.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#24482644)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:59 PM
Author: cruel-hearted locale

how mad are you that john roberts thinks dc circuit requires 11 judges and that "lowest caseload" is a crock of horseshit as a metric

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#24482666)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 2:24 PM
Author: wonderful ivory coffee pot brunch

Stupid to say DC Circuit requires 11--when it had 12, they cut a vacant seat and moved it over to the Ninth Circuit in 2007 because the DC Circuit caseload is so low. They should cut it to 9. But the GOP is stupid for saying "well it's so low so we should just leave it vacant." No, the solution is to statutorily amend the number of seats on the DC Circuit, not to refuse to fill vacancies.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#24482851)



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Date: April 17th, 2019 4:18 PM
Author: Bull headed office



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...id#38102404)