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

-The DC Circuit, while important, has a very low caseload, a...
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  11/21/13
Slide and let do.
bistre garrison boiling water
  11/21/13
I have to wonder if the GOP won't have a majority of senator...
cerebral honey-headed crotch round eye
  11/21/13
We'll find out in about 15 minutes. They voted to end clotur...
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Dems think they will have both senate and WH at last through...
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lol
milky sanctuary faggot firefighter
  11/21/13
lol is this a fucking joke? Hillary is literally UNTOUCHED f...
Bearded dun main people crackhouse
  11/21/13
not to mention the electoral math simply doesn't favor the r...
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Come back harry
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  11/21/13
I believe this is called the "QUICK DO SOMETHING...ANYT...
Emerald lettuce
  11/21/13
(Karl Rove)
Bearded dun main people crackhouse
  11/21/13
But, but, Benghazi!!!
brass piazza
  11/21/13
death to israel
Supple Black Dilemma
  11/21/13
supposedly: they expect the Republicans to eliminate the fil...
narrow-minded den
  11/21/13
the democrats have a structural advantage in the electoral c...
Multi-colored jade field
  11/21/13
dems do not have a structural advantage in the senate
narrow-minded den
  11/21/13
I know, but my point is that they have a structural advantag...
Multi-colored jade field
  11/21/13
Elaborate, shitlib
Bearded dun main people crackhouse
  11/21/13
Obama has done all sorts of things using the EPA and the Dep...
Multi-colored jade field
  11/21/13
"the democrats have a structural advantage in the elect...
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  11/21/13
VA going blue seems to make GOP done here.
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  11/21/13
demography is destiny
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(chuck grassley aide)
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  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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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: Bonkers community account

-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: bistre garrison boiling water

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: cerebral honey-headed crotch round eye

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: Bonkers community account

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: Beady-eyed 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: Adulterous big base



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:29 PM
Author: milky sanctuary faggot firefighter

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: Bearded dun main people crackhouse

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: milky sanctuary faggot firefighter

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: deep telephone



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Date: August 14th, 2018 10:41 PM
Author: bipolar brunch mexican

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: Bonkers community account



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Date: April 17th, 2019 4:17 PM
Author: Irradiated impressive school

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: Bonkers community account



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:02 PM
Author: Bonkers community account

(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: Emerald lettuce

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: Bearded dun main people crackhouse

(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: brass piazza

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: Supple Black Dilemma

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: narrow-minded den

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: Multi-colored jade field

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: narrow-minded den

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: Multi-colored jade field

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: Bearded dun main people crackhouse

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: Multi-colored jade field

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: Bonkers community account

"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: Talented infuriating multi-billionaire

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: Multi-colored jade field

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: Bonkers community account



(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: Bonkers community account



(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: Bonkers community account



(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: Irradiated impressive school



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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:55 PM
Author: Mischievous Know-it-all Station Pocket Flask

(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: Bonkers community account

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: Mischievous Know-it-all Station Pocket Flask

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: Bonkers community account

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: Irradiated impressive school



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