Midknight Review -- new and revised: The case for the "nuclear option" now. Waiting until the process begins may end GOP chances to influence the High Court.

Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate Dems will filibuster Trump's Supreme Court nominee

Notes: Apparently, the two men remaining on President Trump's list, were unanimous appointees to the Federal Court at the time of of their approval to the court. Judge Neil Gorsuch was approved in the Senate (2006) by a simple voice vote, and Judge Thomas Hardiman won 96 - 0 in the Senate, also in 2006. Now, the Dems have said they intend to filibuster either. Of course, the fact of the matter is this: the Dems intend to filibuster anyone Trump appoints. Their only purpose is to negate the election result. The threatened filibuster is a strategy Dems plan on using throughout President Trump's term, especially as it relates to the Supreme Court.

I believe this decision will leave the GOP with no choice but to take down the filibuster for Supreme Court appointees. The Dems took down the filibuster for all lower court appointees back in 2013. There is no doubt that if the Dems retake the Senate, they will immediately cancel out the filibuster in an effort to support their own partisan cause.

With present filibuster rules, the Dems could filibuster for years. If that is the situation, the GOP would lose the opportunity to appoint judges to the High Court. Decisions have to be made now. Hopefully the GOP leadership has a plan for dealing with this situation. If not, they will fall victim to Senate rules and their own sense of political myopia . . . . . . again.

My only remaining question is this: can the Senate consider two choices at the same time and under differing filibuster rules? The answer is "probably not." But, if "not," the GOP cannot wait for the filibuster to begin. They have to act now.

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."

Midknight Review -- new and revised

The case for the "nuclear option" now. Waiting until the process begins may end GOP chances to influence the High Court.

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