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It was obvious she should have retired then. I think she was great but her not retiring during Obama’s last term was arrogance. And now there is a good chance t
by remote_phone 6y ago
It was obvious she should have retired then. I think she was great but her not retiring during Obama’s last term was arrogance. And now there is a good chance that filling the Supreme Court with another republican justice will motivate a lot of anti-trump voters who will hold their nose and vote him in just to pack the courts.
- tunesmith 6y agoI said the first two years of his first term. That was her only window.
- remote_phone 6y agoThat is absurd. She could have retired halfway through Obama’s second term. Obama didn’t have any political courage or will to fight McConnell. He was thinking “we will win the next time anyway” which was also political arrogance. If he did have courage we would have had Merrick Garland. It wouldn’t have been easy but it would have been worth the fight. If you’re saying that he was powerless against the Republicans then what’s the point in a president?
- res0nat0r 6y agoWhat could he have done?
- tunesmith 6y ago"If Obama had courage we would have had Merrick Garland" is a non-obvious conclusion that has widespread disagreement. If you're sure it's correct, can you post your reasoning of the techniques that Obama and the Democrats could have used that would have inexorably led to Garland's confirmation? Please make the argument.