5th April 2017, 12:02 PM
That would be fantastic, but after seeing their "block the Democrats" strategy work so well, there's no way it'd get through with this Republican Party...
On a Gorsuch-related note, I am glad that the Dems have the votes to force Republicans to change the judicial filibuster --they need to own this incredibly unpopular president, and going that far to support his nominee will not be good for them in the long run. Of course I'd love it if they fail to change the filibuster, which probably should be left in place, but they probably will get their whole caucus to support it unfortunately, so Gorscuh probably will get in... even though, it came out today, he committed plagarism: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/go...urt-236891
But on another note, want the positive view of Trump winning the presidency? Well, here it is: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/201...n-won.html This article covers an issue I have mentioned before, including before the election, that of how a narrow win in 2016 would set the Democrats up for few legislative victories this term and big Republican gains in 2018 and 2020. A lot of very hard to defend Democratic Senate seats come up in 2018, and if they did well then, as they likely would after two more years of blocking the Democratic President from accomplishing almost anything, they would then have a borderline veto-proof majority in the Senate, and would be set up for a win in the 2020 Presidential race, a year which, remember, will have a census and thus redistricting afterwards. Yes, Democrats would get the Supreme Court majority which could have helped a lot, but is that worth losing both the Congress and Presidency for what could be a long time, particularly for the Congress, after Republicans again gerrymander in district lines that favor them? It's not a good scenario. Of course had we won the House and Senate last year it would be avoided, but given how November went, a very narrow Senate majority with the same Republican House majority is the best case scenario, and Hillary could have even won with the same 52R-48D Senate minority we have now. Ugh. And that's not even speaking on how badly the party has fallen apart at the state level, a problem we probably need a Republican presidency to start to fix, to get people to care enough to vote and such (if they ever will).
But instead, Republicans suddenly have to govern at a time they were not expecting to have to do it, and have the worst President ever, and things are all falling apart for them... just in time for the next two elections to hopefully move things our way. So yeah, as the article concludes, Republicans may well come to regret that Hillary did not win in 2016!
On a Gorsuch-related note, I am glad that the Dems have the votes to force Republicans to change the judicial filibuster --they need to own this incredibly unpopular president, and going that far to support his nominee will not be good for them in the long run. Of course I'd love it if they fail to change the filibuster, which probably should be left in place, but they probably will get their whole caucus to support it unfortunately, so Gorscuh probably will get in... even though, it came out today, he committed plagarism: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/go...urt-236891
But on another note, want the positive view of Trump winning the presidency? Well, here it is: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/201...n-won.html This article covers an issue I have mentioned before, including before the election, that of how a narrow win in 2016 would set the Democrats up for few legislative victories this term and big Republican gains in 2018 and 2020. A lot of very hard to defend Democratic Senate seats come up in 2018, and if they did well then, as they likely would after two more years of blocking the Democratic President from accomplishing almost anything, they would then have a borderline veto-proof majority in the Senate, and would be set up for a win in the 2020 Presidential race, a year which, remember, will have a census and thus redistricting afterwards. Yes, Democrats would get the Supreme Court majority which could have helped a lot, but is that worth losing both the Congress and Presidency for what could be a long time, particularly for the Congress, after Republicans again gerrymander in district lines that favor them? It's not a good scenario. Of course had we won the House and Senate last year it would be avoided, but given how November went, a very narrow Senate majority with the same Republican House majority is the best case scenario, and Hillary could have even won with the same 52R-48D Senate minority we have now. Ugh. And that's not even speaking on how badly the party has fallen apart at the state level, a problem we probably need a Republican presidency to start to fix, to get people to care enough to vote and such (if they ever will).
But instead, Republicans suddenly have to govern at a time they were not expecting to have to do it, and have the worst President ever, and things are all falling apart for them... just in time for the next two elections to hopefully move things our way. So yeah, as the article concludes, Republicans may well come to regret that Hillary did not win in 2016!