Question for liberals-Merrick Garland?

Cordelier said:

McConnell is a good vote counter... he knew he didn't have the juice to win a vote. It wasn't just Collins and Murkowski either.... Hatch was an admirer of Garland too. That carried a lot of weight - in committee and on the floor.

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Republicans had a long tradition of voting for Democratic Supreme Court nominees unless there was some extreme event or violation in their past. And not due to ideological grounds. Just look how big a margin Republican Senates have confirmed Democratic SC nominees by overall.

Dayton3 said:

Republicans had a long tradition of voting for Democratic Supreme Court nominees unless there was some extreme event or violation in their past. And not due to ideological grounds. Just look how big a margin Republican Senates have confirmed Democratic SC nominees by overall.

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If you were a Republican Senator and Garland's nomination had come up for a vote, would you have voted to confirm him?

Dayton3 said:

IIRC due to Barack Obama being on the ticket 2008 had a noticeable surge in voters compared to other general election years.

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True. I think recent elections have resulted in 120M - 130M votes cast. The census says we have well over 200M people of voting age.

The non-voters could take over if they became voters.

Cordelier said:

If you were a Republican Senator and Garland's nomination had come up for a vote, would you have voted to confirm him?

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No.... abortion issue would be the determiner for me.

Dayton3 said:

No.... abortion issue would be the determiner for me.

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So much for not voting on ideological grounds.

The way I figure it, so long as someone can articulate a sound argument for why they stand where they stand, and are willing to entertain opposing points of view, then any policy differences you have with them shouldn't enter into the discussion. I'm more inclined to oppose a Supreme Court appointee for character flaws than policy differences.

I would have voted for Gorsuch, but against Kavanaugh... but not (primarily) for the reasons you think. I've pretty much chalked up Brett Kavanaugh as a lying snake ever since he misled Senators Leahy and Durbin about his involvement in formulating the Bush Administration's detainment policies during his confirmation hearings to the DC Court of Appeals in 2006. Senator Durbin gave him the opportunity to correct the record in 2007, and he didn't respond. He gave him the opportunity to set the record straight again during his SCOTUS confirmation hearings, and, again, no response. You put that together with the accusations of Dr. Blasey Ford and his hysterical rant during the confirmation hearings, and the picture it paints is someone not suitable for the highest court in the land.

Irwin Corey said:

I'm saying Obama cared more about being a good President for America. He put country above party; I know, that's not something a rEpublican, especially a tRump rEpublican can understand.

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Barack Obama was the greatest president this country has ever had. They can't stand it for, well you know why. They keep talking about overturning an election, but what is Trump trying to do but overturn a presidency with his racist obsession to erase all Obama's accomplishments. All they have is corruption, and projecting it back. I think this year will have the intelligence of the American people on trial.