02-06-2017, 02:11 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-06-2017, 02:13 PM by Eric the Green.)
(02-06-2017, 01:23 PM)SomeGuy Wrote:Quote:I assume that Trump must win 100% of the time. But if he has to trade one thing for another, he'll opt for unfettered capitalism first and foremost.
Eh, I don't really think Trump is all that in to what a libertarian would call "unfettered capitalism". His positions on trade and infrastructure have been the one constant in his positions since he first began flirting with the idea of becoming President in the 80s.
He has yet to demonstrate any results or even any efforts to make better trade deals, and he has yet to demonstrate that he has any proposal to fund intrastructure beyond giving tax breaks to his friends in the construction industry.
Quote:You should also consider that triggering the nuclear option over Gorsuch also clears the way for a much less acceptable choice next time around. Lotta elderly justices, the Republicans hold the senate, and the 2018 map doesn't look all that great for the Democrats. Replacing with Scalia with Gorsuch is a fairly status quo move, replacing Ginsberg with Bill Pryor, not so much.
Quite the opposite is the truth. If the Democrats fail to use the filibuster now, then when the next right-wing nut is nominated for the Court, and the Democrats filibuster THAT one, the Repugs will just use the nuclear option THEN. The NEXT right-wing nut after the right-wing nut Gorsuch may be just as "qualified" and "well spoken" as Gorsuch too. Use it or lose it. Go ahead, make their day. Make them pull the trigger.
The Democrats have lost all spine, guts and "a pair" if they don't filibuster Gorsuch. And then they also ratify what the Repugs did with Garland.