03-21-2017, 09:15 PM
(03-21-2017, 07:57 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Thought I'd bump this because his confirmation is going on today. From the bits I've seen he seems pretty down the middle. Shurmer has said no Dems are sold on him and pointing to the reason being as he "hasn't answered questions". There is also talk the the GOP made a mistake by not going more conservative. The reason being that if the Dems are not going to get behind someone as close to center as Gorsuch, then what would it had mattered.
I also heard it was humorous to watch Al Franken try to go toe to toe with him on Constitutional Law
To be fair the GOP poisoned the well on any Trump pick by obstructing on Garland. The Dems have to oppose any Trump nominee or their constituency, currently whipped into a rabid froth, would go apeshit. Gorsuch is certainly a qualified nominee, and he will be confirmed, but going more conservative would have been a bad idea, politically, regardless of whether you get any Dem votes or not. If the Republican president nominates a more moderate justice and the Dems still obstruct it then the Dems come out looking unreasonable. People don't have long memories, so the fact that the Dems are merely reacting to an unreasonable (and while underhanded extremely successful political maneuver) action by the GOP in the case of Garland.
