Let’s be clear here. Confirming ACB is probably worth more than winning the election and definitely worth more than whatever marginal cost might be incurred at this point.https://twitter.com/HotlineJosh/status/1312444794900082688 …
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Replying to @PatrickRuffini
Would you trade a GOP Senate majority under Biden for ACB on the Court?
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Replying to @HotlineJosh @PatrickRuffini
The former may not be theirs to trade anyway. But yes. This is what majorities are for.
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Replying to @baseballcrank @PatrickRuffini
So that means Republicans could lose the ability to block a progressive agenda, no small cost.
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Also, raises the specter that the court gets packed and you enjoy your new justice for, like three weeks before she's joined by four new very young and impeccably left-wing colleagues.
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Replying to @asymmetricinfo @HotlineJosh and
Fwiw, this assumes that Democrats get a large enough majority to end the filibuster. That’s probably not 51-52 senators. And even if they do, I think Court packing wouldn’t come until after a bad SCOTUS decision, presumably in June.
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Replying to @brianros1 @HotlineJosh and
I dunno ... suspect this is going to radicalize Dems the way Kavanaugh radicalized GOP.
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Replying to @asymmetricinfo @HotlineJosh and
Don’t get me wrong, I’m someone who opposed Court packing until the GOP pulled this ACB stuff. So it’s definitely possible. But still hard for me to envision getting all of their moderates, especially given that a majority will involve new moderates + Sinema + Manchin.
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Replying to @brianros1 @asymmetricinfo and
Yeah, I agree w Brian. It’s all power politics. Huge difference between 50 and 53 Senate seats. Why the supposed “marginal costs” aren’t so marginal...
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In any event, I don't buy the political argument that the GOP could stand down now without a catastrophic collapse of turnout. The cost is paid either way.
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