The Aging of X

[JDG 66]

(07-19-2018, 02:30 PM)David Horn Wrote:

(07-19-2018, 01:07 PM)JDG 66 Wrote:

(07-17-2018, 02:03 PM)David Horn Wrote:

(07-17-2018, 12:01 AM)Hintergrund Wrote:

(07-12-2018, 02:32 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: I say Obama is clearly a hybrid, and probably a boomer. He outlined grand visions of idealism and tried to carry them out. He does not have the cynical attitude that Xers commonly have. He is certainly pragmatic and not entirely leftist by any means.

Yes, the Boomers can keep him, if you ask me. But why is he pragmatic?

I would go with cautious … too cautious.  He never took a chance if there was another course that lead in the general direction he wanted to go, so he never accomplished much.  Even Obamacare is unlikely to last in anything like its current form.

That's not cautious. That's called "Checks and Balances".

Assuming that's your preference, standby for an 11 member SCOTUS as soon as it can be arranged.  The scumbaggery of the last 10 years will get balanced, because the other side is just going to follow precedent, and do whatever it can.  Obama was too much the philosopher to get into the gutter and wrestle with the pigs, but the next all-Dem government will have much less compunction.

-In 2005, the Elephants compromised with the Donkeys over judges because they didn't want to "overturn the traditions of the Senate". The Donkeys didn't return the favor. Now they're reaping what they sowed. And who knows who will start packing the court first?

I could see a constitutional amendment with a 14 or 21 year term for SCOTUS judges, and a limit of 9, to prevent court packing.