10th November 2016, 6:22 PM
Oh, one other important issue to discuss. If the Republicans want to get a lot of their legislation through the Senate, they will need to either water it down significantly enough to get over possible Democratic filibusters, or get rid of the filibuster for legislation, and Supreme Court justices too if they nominate some crazy to the court. The problem is of course, they LOVE the filibuster when in the minority, as we have seen over the past eight years, so would they really take the permanent (because once gone it won't come back!) damage not having that to rely on would do for some short-term gain? Their party makes some incredibly bad choices and likes to change their positions on issues all the time, but even the Republicans will seriously hesitate before getting rid of the legislative filibuster after having made historically heavy use of it over the past eight years; I don't think it's going away, at least not soon. You can probably find at least 3 Republican senators who support keeping it. Probably many more than that. And as long as the filibuster exists, you can't get everything you want in this system.
(Oh, and the other Republican senators mostly can't stand Ted Cruz, so he definitely would not be a nominee they let sail through easily!)
(Oh, and the other Republican senators mostly can't stand Ted Cruz, so he definitely would not be a nominee they let sail through easily!)