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> McConnell option What is the McConnell option you are mentioning here?

• benryon 8y ago
  The 'McConnell option' is what Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell did in the waining days of President Obama's term. I forgot the justice, but he/she retired, and Sen. McConnell held up President Obama's nominee until the Presidential election, hoping for President Trump to win. President Trump, of course, did, and he nominated Neil Gorsuch instead.
  • rilindo 8y ago
    That would Scalia and he didn't retire - he died.
  • jedmeyers 8y ago
    Ah. I thought it was a normal practice not to nominate Justices at the end of the term, as outlined here by Senator Biden https://youtu.be/cZlzhULrJC0 https://youtu.be/cZlzhULrJC0. I guess it should be named Biden option, then.
    • buerkle 8y ago
      Biden argued for postponing the nomination until after the election, not after the swearing in of the new president. This is entirely different than McConnell's stance which argued for waiting until after the swearing in of the next president.
      • feiofh398r39rty 8y ago
        Wow, the splitting of hair reached nano-proportions. What is the difference again? Are you saying that if Bush lost, in the period 'after the election' Senate would've let him nominate a candidate he would like? Preposterous.
  • kilotaras 8y ago
    > waining days of President Obama's term Waning in this case would be roughly 20% of 4-year term.