02-19-2016, 03:16 PM
(02-19-2016, 01:21 PM)Benton Wrote: Well, yeah.
In the end, what's it hurt him? If it gets him re-elected and if he can go back to his constituents and say 'I'll not let any liberal, coal-hating, gun- hating judge on that court,' they aren't going to care. They're going to send him back.
If he were up for reelection this year, I imagine his base would love the fact that he is waiting 11 months for the next President. Do I think in this crazy extreme of them waiting for years for all 8 remaining ones to die that he will remain in power? No, or at least not enough Senators to allow this to continue.