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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    1. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 28 Jun 2019

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Kyle Kondik

      Once you've decided to vote no, a hearing is pointless. Hearings are not for the nominee, they're for the Senators.https://twitter.com/kkondik/status/1144651071819800576 …

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      Kyle KondikVerified account @kkondik
      McConnell would’ve been on stronger ground if they had given Garland the courtesy of a hearing and a vote and then voted him down, which was perfectly within his right to do. Of course, a GOP Senate doesn’t *have* to confirm any D nominees for anything (and vice versa) https://twitter.com/StevenTDennis/status/1144323087321772033 …
      5 replies 1 retweet 57 likes
    2. Brian Rosenwald‏ @brianros1 28 Jun 2019
      Replying to @baseballcrank

      I made that point over & our again though. Give him a hearing and a vote. There was no way Dems had the votes to break cloture. None. And all the outrage & feeling that the seat was stolen would’ve dissipated.

      3 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
    3. Sean T at RCP‏Verified account @SeanTrende 28 Jun 2019
      Replying to @brianros1 @baseballcrank

      I think that is completely wrong.

      1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
    4. Sean T at RCP‏Verified account @SeanTrende 28 Jun 2019
      Replying to @SeanTrende @brianros1 @baseballcrank

      (and I say that as someone who usually agrees with you to at least some degree). But there is no way that seat stays open through the election and Democrats see Trump filling it as legit. I'd even go further and say the whole "he didn't get a hearing" is a red herring.

      3 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
    5. Richard Yeselson‏ @yeselson 28 Jun 2019
      Replying to @SeanTrende @brianros1 @baseballcrank

      “Didn’t get a hearing” is just recognizing that MM realized Rs would look terrible in that event. Obama called Hatch’s bluff and nominated whim Hatch described as a perfect moderate, Garland. Best not to let country see that.

      4 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
    6. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 28 Jun 2019
      Replying to @yeselson @SeanTrende @brianros1

      Garland was never going to say anything in a hearing that would be different from what the most far-left nominee would say.

      2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    7. Richard Yeselson‏ @yeselson 28 Jun 2019
      Replying to @baseballcrank @SeanTrende @brianros1

      He would have looked and sounded moderate and thoughtful, if bland—yes, exactly. McConnell did not want the country to see what Hatch had understood to be true. This is obviously politically true, so why deny it?

      3 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
    8. Richard Yeselson‏ @yeselson 28 Jun 2019
      Replying to @yeselson @baseballcrank and

      C’mon Dan, how about a “fair point”, for once. You know this is what McConnell was thinking. We are all politically sophisticated here. Let’s not believe our own bs. We don’t work for pols or parties, so we can—should—be intellectually honest. Again, Hatch gave it all away.

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      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 28 Jun 2019
      Replying to @yeselson @SeanTrende @brianros1

      I think Hatch was wrong to say what he did; Garland was & is no more a moderate than Breyer is. I agree Garland would have come off as bland in a hearing. But how many people watched the Breyer hearings?

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        2. Richard Yeselson‏ @yeselson 28 Jun 2019
          Replying to @baseballcrank @SeanTrende @brianros1

          But then what’s the worry? And sure, I agree with you: yes, another Breyer flips the court on the issues Rs care about most. This was a BFD. But Hatch wasn’t “wrong” as if he were evaluating merits. He was cynical. He didn’t believe Obana would nominate Garland.

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        3. Richard Yeselson‏ @yeselson 28 Jun 2019
          Replying to @yeselson @baseballcrank and

          Cynicism—sheer bad faith—even when obvious (as with the census case, another example) is the one thing that adversaria interlocutors never stipulate. Facts, ideological disagreement—sure. But McConnell and Hatch’s not just icing the nomination, but doing it in a dishonest way?

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