03-24-2017, 10:41 AM
(03-24-2017, 10:34 AM)michaelsean Wrote: Far be it from me to defend Democrats, but they have to do something.
Here's my thing, though. If they filibuster Gorsuch, they just get the bad image the GOP had for the last 8 years. I don't like him, but at least with him on the SC it's not a swing in ideology. The court remains the same for the time being. Don't like him? Don't vote for him, but let it come to a vote. He's going to be confirmed when the Republicans blow up the rule.
If they filibuster, they give the GOP to point the finger at them being petulant children. That's a news cycle or three where the attention is being taken away from the infighting in the GOP and the ineffective leadership in the White House. Politically speaking for the long term, it's better to let it come to a vote. It may give them some momentum in the Senate in the short term, but it won't last long.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
