I'm still expecting Garland confirmation in lame duck if Dems will be retaking Senate.https://twitter.com/DavidLat/status/790565331102232577 …
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Interesting; you don't think the left will have a "we can do better" view, let's wait until 2017?
.@DavidLat Here's why I think @EdWhelanEPPC is wrong and Judge Garland gets confirmed in lame duck IF Democrats take Senate /1
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First, Obama will be loyal to Garland and not withdraw nomination and Garland won't withdraw unless Clinton asks. Clinton won't ask /2
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despite pressure from the left to withdraw Garland for younger and more liberal candidate. Getting Garland out of way during lame duck /3
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clears her first 100-day agenda without a nasty Supreme Court fight that eats other things. RBG has signaled she and/or Breyer will /4
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leave the court while Dems still control Senate (before 2017). This means she can get 1 or 2 more liberal Justices on Court and/or /5
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make it a big issue in the midterms, in the hopes of turning about Dem turnout problem in the midterms /6
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With Garland done in lame duck, Clinton has very good chance of 1, and some chance of 2, liberal appts before 2018 elections 7/7 <end>
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I agree it would be rational for pretty much everyone to put Garland on
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Absurd. If GOP allows vote, *all* Dems will vote to confirm Garland, as they should.
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That is to say, Hasen is right.
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don't want Garland for
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Your friends aren't in the Senate--and if they were, they'd vote for Garland, too. ;-)
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bad precedent for HRC to cede nomination prerogative at outset. Plus, why reward GOP intransigence?
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"while Dems still control Senate (before 2017)." What?
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and interest groups -- on both sides -- will prevent that from happening. (2/2)
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doesn't Obama have a say in this?
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