Saying the voters don't have the right to know is the wrong strategy.......By not answering you are in fact answering!
The right wing are going to hammer on this till election day.
That's exactly it.He isn’t president yet so there’s no need to...I think Republicans are getting nervous that this slimy SCOTUS nominee process will get negated by Biden possibly naming two of his own to increase the court to 11.
I think his answer on packing the SCOTUS depends on if the senate approves the nominee...political posturing without making a threat.Sure there is, its a policy and people would like to know his position.
Policies are what voters usually base their ballot on.
Just like a straight answer on Climate/Green new deal or Fracking. He bounces a lot on the two.
Biden did say he would bring the US back into the Paris Agreement, and I respect giving a straight answer like that.
Now a voter knows his position, and if they too want the US back in, they have more reason to lean Biden.
But, waiting until after an election to know someone's position is like test driving a car after you bought it...lol
Do you think if the US knew in 2016 what they know today he’d have won the election...Trump crashed his test drive...But, waiting until after an election to know someone's position is like test driving a car after you bought it...lol
But no one in the GOP cares.Sure there is, its a policy and people would like to know his position.
Policies are what voters usually base their ballot on.
Just like a straight answer on Climate/Green new deal or Fracking. He bounces a lot on the two.
Biden did say he would bring the US back into the Paris Agreement, and I respect giving a straight answer like that.
Now a voter knows his position, and if they too want the US back in, they have more reason to lean Biden.
But, waiting until after an election to know someone's position is like test driving a car after you bought it...lol
Who's dodging that on the Dem side.And....will you accept the outcome of the election? Both sides dodging..
So then I guess he’s answered the question...and if you ask him again he’ll tell you the same thing. What else do you need to know?Saying the voters don't have the right to know is the wrong strategy.......By not answering you are in fact answering!
The right wing are going to hammer on this till election day.
They keep asking because they need to keep the narrative front and center.So then I guess he’s answered the question...and if you ask him again he’ll tell you the same thing. What else do you need to know?
No different than the press’ asking Trump if he supports white nationalism- He has already given us his answer. We all heard it. I don’t understand why the media keeps asking the same question as though they are hoping for a different answer?
True.
But asking Biden if he will stack the SC will be like Democrats asking Amy Barrett this week, her thoughts and views on abortion.
Both deserve a straight answer, neither side will hear what they want.
No, the purpose of the democrats or republicans asking Amy Barrett questions is to determine how they vote in the senate...knowing her position matters on how they vote.
The senate vote could happen this month, packing the SC can't happen until January 21...first things first.
This kind of thinking is a disaster in the making. Pelosi once said the ACA had to be passed first before discovering what it actually contained and rammed it through on a party line vote. A gift that kept on giving for the Republicans that gave the Congress to them, gave birth to the Tea Party and the remaking of the American conservatism into blue collar populism and the Trump presidency. Voters hardly ever get clear answers from the political class, but they want to be the part of the process. What Biden is doing is following the crazy walk that Nancy used in the past. It will backfire just like it blew up in her face.Do you think if the US knew in 2016 what they know today he’d have won the election...Trump crashed his test drive...
I'm not sure why they are asking Barrett her views on abortion, she's written about them repeatedly and they aren't in question.True.
But asking Biden if he will stack the SC will be like Democrats asking Amy Barrett this week, her thoughts and views on abortion.
Both deserve a straight answer, neither side will hear what they want.
The courts have no Constitutional place in resolving election disputes. The fact that the GOP wants to find a way to circumvent the actual system to try and get it decided in the courts because they think they have succeeded in packing them is just another sign of how little they respect law and order and constitutional process.It is a big deal, because aside from all the judges Trump has already appointed, he has two SC justices now, with a chance of a third.
Unless the election is a landslide, the courts will be key in resolving the disputes.
Of course the Dems would. But they weren't the ones who insisted, loudly, that the reason they were blocking in 2016 wasn't raw power but due to a higher principle that should be the new norm.You said the situation of Barrett is a BS move. Forget what happened in 2016 because the Republican's had the Senate.
My question, is do you really think if the Democrats had both the WH and Senate, and the opportunity for three SC justices, that they would not take full advantage,
even if it meant right to the last day? Tell me you think they would pass on such a situation.
If the GOP were to confirm Barrett, it would be very hypocritical of both Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell, but not wrong of Trump or the Senate.
As I said before...it'sTrump vs anybody but Trump, and I'm for anybody.This
This kind of thinking is a disaster in the making. Pelosi once said the ACA had to be passed first before discovering what it actually contained and rammed it through on a party line vote. A gift that kept on giving for the Republicans that gave the Congress to them, gave birth to the Tea Party and the remaking of the American conservatism into blue collar populism and the Trump presidency. Voters hardly ever get clear answers from the political class, but they want to be the part of the process. What Biden is doing is following the crazy walk that Nancy used in the past. It will backfire just like it blew up in her face.
Ahh, the right wing myth machine works again.This
This kind of thinking is a disaster in the making. Pelosi once said the ACA had to be passed first before discovering what it actually contained and rammed it through on a party line vote.
We will see.A gift that kept on giving for the Republicans that gave the Congress to them, gave birth to the Tea Party and the remaking of the American conservatism into blue collar populism and the Trump presidency. Voters hardly ever get clear answers from the political class, but they want to be the part of the process. What Biden is doing is following the crazy walk that Nancy used in the past. It will backfire just like it blew up in her face.
In the "democratic republic" the President presents his choice and tbe Senate votes on it. Regardless of the outcome of the election the term of the President ends January 20th, 2021. To deny the sitting President his Constitutional right to appoint the judge based on political considerations is what banana republics are made from.Ahh, the right wing myth machine works again.
We will see.
The GOP job now is to explain why when they pack the courts through power moves using Article II it is fine, but the Dems aren't allowed to counter.
They need to sell the narrative.
Right now, the Dems are using the narrative "we don't want to do this, but if the GOP ignores the will of the people and rams through a judge instead of letting the new president decide, we will have to do this in regret more than anger".
Maybe people won't buy it, but for the most part right now people want the Supreme Court to appear fair and they think it isn't because the GOP is trying to get away with shit.
You may be right about the outcome. The GOP successfully lied their assess off about the ACA and it got them the 2010 midterms. Of course, Pelosi's comment that people would need to actually experience the ACA to get it and understand that it was better also turned out to be true and the GOP has been unable to repeal it and got their clocks cleaned in 2018 because of it.
These movable understandings of what is going on and the narratives they sell are part of what it is to live in a democratic republic. What's happening now is that by overreaching, the GOP has brought the Supreme Court and its role into contention as a narrative.
Rather than being able to consolidate power quietly like they've done for the last 50 years, suddenly it is being discussed in the open. As usual, the GOP hates honest discussion of these sorts of things and so are demanding that nothing can be changed because they might lose the argument. But the argument is here now, and it is mostly their own fault for celebrating so much.
and sure enough it's taken out of context to serve garbage right wing propagandaIn the "democratic republic" the President presents his choice and tbe Senate votes on it. Regardless of the outcome of the election the term of the President ends January 20th, 2021. To deny the sitting President his Constitutional right to appoint the judge based on political considerations is what banana republics are made from.
Oh, here's your myth. Feel free to spin and/or defend Nancy all you like