Not only because of the time to Election Day, but also because the president & Senate majority were opposing parties. You're not seriously addressing the argument if you omit that part.https://twitter.com/samstein/status/1227981586936844288 …
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yeah. i mean, i think it's fair to say that the main argument was, simply, you don't do it during an election year. Which would explain why Grassley, at one point, said he wouldn't do it in 2020 (without an nuance about who controlled the senate)https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/410686-grassley-says-judiciary-panel-wouldnt-consider-supreme-court-nominee-in …
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It was only after the Kavanaugh nomination succeeded that McConnell really leaned into the notion that the standard (which, let’s be honest, there’s not actually a standard) was about senate and the WH being under opposite party control. I know that because I was at that presser
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