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

-The DC Circuit, while important, has a very low caseload, a...
Thriller misanthropic people who are hurt
  11/21/13
Slide and let do.
brass garrison halford
  11/21/13
I have to wonder if the GOP won't have a majority of senator...
splenetic native philosopher-king
  11/21/13
We'll find out in about 15 minutes. They voted to end clotur...
Thriller misanthropic people who are hurt
  11/21/13
Dems think they will have both senate and WH at last through...
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sadistic stimulating box office dragon
  11/21/13
lol
Bossy public bath juggernaut
  11/21/13
lol is this a fucking joke? Hillary is literally UNTOUCHED f...
frum honey-headed resort legend
  11/21/13
not to mention the electoral math simply doesn't favor the r...
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insane motley school
  08/14/18
Come back harry
gaped field
  08/14/18
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Thriller misanthropic people who are hurt
  04/17/19
Lol
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s.e.g.a.
  04/15/26
(Ruth Bader Ginsburg)
Thriller misanthropic people who are hurt
  11/21/13
I believe this is called the "QUICK DO SOMETHING...ANYT...
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  11/21/13
(Karl Rove)
frum honey-headed resort legend
  11/21/13
But, but, Benghazi!!!
pale generalized bond
  11/21/13
death to israel
Disrespectful hairy legs
  11/21/13
supposedly: they expect the Republicans to eliminate the fil...
Soul-stirring well-lubricated dopamine whorehouse
  11/21/13
the democrats have a structural advantage in the electoral c...
Flickering Dysfunction Rehab
  11/21/13
dems do not have a structural advantage in the senate
Soul-stirring well-lubricated dopamine whorehouse
  11/21/13
I know, but my point is that they have a structural advantag...
Flickering Dysfunction Rehab
  11/21/13
Elaborate, shitlib
frum honey-headed resort legend
  11/21/13
Obama has done all sorts of things using the EPA and the Dep...
Flickering Dysfunction Rehab
  11/21/13
"the democrats have a structural advantage in the elect...
Thriller misanthropic people who are hurt
  11/21/13
VA going blue seems to make GOP done here.
beady-eyed house ceo
  11/21/13
demography is destiny
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(chuck grassley aide)
slap-happy newt sanctuary
  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: Thriller misanthropic people who are hurt

-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=2most#24481933)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 11:51 AM
Author: brass garrison halford

Slide and let do.

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



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Date: November 21st, 2013 11:55 AM
Author: splenetic native philosopher-king

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=2most#24481974)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 11:57 AM
Author: Thriller misanthropic people who are hurt

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=2most#24481985)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 11:57 AM
Author: Self-centered chest-beating bbw address

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

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



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:01 PM
Author: sadistic stimulating box office dragon



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2most#24482004)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:29 PM
Author: Bossy public bath juggernaut

lol

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



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: frum honey-headed resort legend

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=2most#24482166)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:32 PM
Author: Bossy public bath juggernaut

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=2most#24482182)



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Date: August 14th, 2018 10:41 PM
Author: insane motley school



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



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Date: August 14th, 2018 10:41 PM
Author: gaped field

Come back harry

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



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Date: April 17th, 2019 4:16 PM
Author: Thriller misanthropic people who are hurt



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



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Date: April 17th, 2019 4:17 PM
Author: domesticated pearly knife home

Lol

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



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:02 PM
Author: Thriller misanthropic people who are hurt

(Ruth Bader Ginsburg)

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



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Date: November 21st, 2013 11:58 AM
Author: charismatic amber sex offender genital piercing

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=2most#24481995)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: frum honey-headed resort legend

(Karl Rove)

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



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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:51 PM
Author: pale generalized bond

But, but, Benghazi!!!

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



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:00 PM
Author: Disrespectful hairy legs

death to israel

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



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:05 PM
Author: Soul-stirring well-lubricated dopamine whorehouse

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=2most#24482027)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:06 PM
Author: Flickering Dysfunction Rehab

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=2most#24482034)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:27 PM
Author: Soul-stirring well-lubricated dopamine whorehouse

dems do not have a structural advantage in the senate

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



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: Flickering Dysfunction Rehab

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=2most#24482167)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:31 PM
Author: frum honey-headed resort legend

Elaborate, shitlib

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



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:33 PM
Author: Flickering Dysfunction Rehab

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=2most#24482184)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:41 PM
Author: Thriller misanthropic people who are hurt

"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=2most#24482539)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:47 PM
Author: beady-eyed house ceo

VA going blue seems to make GOP done here.

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



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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:51 PM
Author: Flickering Dysfunction Rehab

demography is destiny

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



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Date: November 9th, 2017 8:58 AM
Author: Thriller misanthropic people who are hurt



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



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Date: August 14th, 2018 10:39 PM
Author: Thriller misanthropic people who are hurt



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



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Date: April 17th, 2019 4:17 PM
Author: Thriller misanthropic people who are hurt



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



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Date: April 17th, 2019 4:18 PM
Author: domesticated pearly knife home



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



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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:55 PM
Author: slap-happy newt sanctuary

(chuck grassley aide)

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



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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:56 PM
Author: Thriller misanthropic people who are hurt

How you been, friend.

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



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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:59 PM
Author: slap-happy newt sanctuary

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=2most#24482666)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 2:24 PM
Author: Thriller misanthropic people who are hurt

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=2most#24482851)



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Date: April 17th, 2019 4:18 PM
Author: domesticated pearly knife home



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