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I will have yet another profound problem with the left if they push it to the point thst they force the right to use the nuclear option. They better have a damn good reason for blocking his nomination because creating this orecedent as a means to pass presidental nominees is bad for both sides. The filibuster is an important tool to defend the integrity of our republic and if it should never be evoked a partisan weapon
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A lot of truth to this statement. Once a formerly unused tactic is used by one side, all excuses for not using it again, and again, and again, evaporate.
Such is the legacy of Reid and Obama. They started this entire 'nuclear option', much to the detriment of the entire nation.
But you have to understand the Democrats and where they are at this time. There is no thing more dangerous than a wounded cornered animal, which pretty much sums up their position.
Stunning Graph Shows the Wrecking Ball Obama Has Taken to the Democrat Party
Matthew K. Burke November 13, 2016
Stunning Graph Shows the Wrecking Ball Obama Has Taken to the Democrat Party
Obama’s legacy is a devastated Democratic Party
By Deroy Murdock, December 25, 2016
Obama’s legacy is a devastated Democratic Party | New York Post
As President Obama concludes his reign of error, his party is smaller, weaker and ricketier than it has been since at least the 1940s. Behold the tremendous power that Democrats have frittered away — from January 2009 through the aftermath of Election Day — thanks to Obama and his ideas:
• Democrats surrendered the White House to political neophyte Donald J. Trump.
• US Senate seats slipped from 55 to 46, down 16 percent.
• US House seats fell from 256 to 194, down 24 percent.
• Democrats ran the Senate and House in 2009. Next year, they will control neither.
• Governorships slid from 28 to 16, down 43 percent.
• State legislatures (both chambers) plunged from 27 to 14, down 48 percent
• Trifectas (states with Democrat governors and both legislative chambers) cratered from 17 to 6, down 65 percent.
For a fair numbers of years, on the order of 6, I've been saying that the Democrats will follow Obama over the cliff like lemmings. Based on the above, seems an apt description.