Being that the Justice died now, and the new President successor will not come into office until 2017, logically Obama should try to appoint someone now to fill the vacancy. The Senate can then do it's process of confirming or denying the appointment.
Why it matter if the appointment is halted until a new President assumes power is due to the cases that the Supreme Court decides matters on. If Obama appoints someone, who is confirmed that new justice could have views that are the same as Obama's on controversial issues such as abortion, marriage, etc. etc.
As for the conspiracy theorists, if high level governmental authorities want to whack someone, they put polonium in their tea. Unless it is being looked for, people just assume the person died from the many conditions/symptoms the present with. Oh they had a heart attack, oh they started going downhill, they were old etc. Polonium is how Yasser Arafat was killed, and other high level notable people. Of course I am not saying they whacked Justice Scalia, I am only saying if someone wanted him out of the way, they have ways to accomplishing it. (black ops).
I thought it was very moving that his son performed the funeral mass, and I also don't think people should make a big deal that Obama went on Friday rather than Saturday. He went when it was good for him to go there. He should not be scrutinized for that.
Mitch McConnell is not seeking to and cannot obstruct the POTUS from doing his sworn duty.
Obama can and will nominate anyone he chooses. Then The Senate will do their constitutional duty.
McConnell has reaffirmed his stance that the Senate will not even consider any Obama nominee.
"In a sharply worded statement on the Senate floor, McConnell bluntly warned the White House that the GOP-controlled Senate would not act on anyone he chooses to sit on the high court."
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/23/politics/joe-biden-supreme-court-senate-republicans/index.html
Well, if Clinton or Sanders win and the GOP holds the Senate, everyone just needs to get used to an eight-member Supreme Court. 😛
Mitch McConnell is not seeking to and cannot obstruct the POTUS from doing his sworn duty.
Obama can and will nominate anyone he chooses. Then The Senate will do their constitutional duty.McConnell has reaffirmed his stance that the Senate will not even consider any Obama nominee.
"In a sharply worded statement on the Senate floor, McConnell bluntly warned the White House that the GOP-controlled Senate would not act on anyone he chooses to sit on the high court."
Is mule going to keep on telling us the Senate can't/won't try to block anyone Obama nominates by refusing to hold hearings and take a vote? #doyourjob
_________Key GOP Senators Emerge From Meeting: No Hearing For Obama SCOTUS Nom
By Lauren Fox and Tierney Sneed
Published February 23, 2016, 12:47 PM ESTUpdated at 2:33 p.m. ET
Key Republican senators on the Judiciary Committee emerged from a closed door meeting in Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office Tuesday united in their determination not to consider any nominee to replace Antonin Scalia until the next president takes office.
Tuesday was the first full day the Senate was back in session since Scalia's death Feb. 13.
"We believe the American people need to decide who is going to make this appointment rather than a lame duck president," said Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TN).
When asked if they would start the process after the new president took office or if they would consider doing it in the lame duck session, Cornyn replied "No, after the next president is selected. That way the American people have a voice in the process."
The Republican members of the Judiciary Commitee were unanimous in agreeing not to move forward with any Obama nominee for the Supreme Court, said Cornyn, who was in the meeting. Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), who was not in the meeting, later said that GOP senators were told at their weekly lunch that the Judiciary Committee Republicans were in unanimous agreement on the strategy.
Meanwhile, Judiciary Committee Chair Charles Grassley (R-IA) and the rest of the committee Republicans sent a letter to McConnell outlining their plan to block any Obama nominee for Scalia's seat.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said that "there's no use starting a process that's not going to go anywhere and we are going to let the next president decide," when asked why there would be no hearings.
When TPM asked if he had political concerns about the decision not to move forward with a nominee, Graham responded."I have zero concerns politically."
"I think this is what they would do," Graham said referring to Senate Democrats. "For them to say they wouldn't do this is a lie."
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) demurred saying that Republicans were "still talking."
The meeting in McConnell's office came not long after he made a speech on the Senate floor vowing to block any Obama nominee.
"Presidents have a right to nominate just as the Senate has its constitutional right to provide or withhold consent. In this case, the Senate will withhold it," McConnell said. "The Senate will appropriately revisit the matter after the American people finish making in November the decision they've already started making today."
What if during the next election, when we vote for Congressional and Senate members, we got people on the ballots by referendum who actually represented us? Ross Perot suggested it back in the 90's and that may be what we need to do, to actually get people who will represent WE the people.
Biden argued against weighing Supreme Court nomination during 1992 campaign
Published February 23, 2016 - FoxNews.com
Watch Joe Biden say the Senate should not consider a Supreme Court nominee during an election year:
Senate Republican leaders Monday seized on comments made by Vice President Joe Biden 24 years ago, when the then-senator from Delaware said the Senate should not consider a Supreme Court nominee during an election year.
"Once the political season is underway and it is, action on a Supreme Court nomination must be put off until after the election campaign is over," Biden said in June 1992 on the Senate floor, according to a C-SPAN recording of his remarks.
Biden was referring to a hypothetical situation, since the Senate was not considering a nominee at the time of his remarks. But the sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia earlier this month has left a precarious 4-4 ideological balance between right- and left-leaning justices as they consider cases on abortion, voting rights, Obama's health care law and other polarizing issues.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., reiterated the stance he took hours after Scalia's death that the next president should select a court nominee. He said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, whose statements have wavered, agreed with him.
But separately, McConnell's press office and Grassley in a floor speech went further and cited the 1992 Biden remarks. Grassley called the comments "The Biden Rules" and said the vice president "knows what the Senate should do."
Biden defended himself in a written statement, saying that in his 1992 speech he said the Senate and White House should cooperate "to ensure the court functions as the founding fathers intended." He said under his long-time leadership of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the chamber considered nine Supreme Court nominees "and the current Senate has a constitutional duty to do the same."
Both sides have spent days unearthing comments members of the other party made about court nominations years ago under presidents of different parties when the political circumstances were reversed.
McConnell's assertion that the president elected this November should nominate the replacement has drawn support from nearly all Republicans and irate, solid opposition from Democrats. Yet as the two parties girded for what promises to be a months-long battle, some cracks have appeared on the GOP side.
Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill. — who faces a difficult re-election race this year in a Democratic-leaning state — distributed an opinion column he'd written for the Chicago Sun-Times saying he looks forward to Obama selecting a nominee.
"I also recognize my duty as a senator to either vote in support or opposition to that nominee following a fair and thorough hearing along with a complete and transparent release of all requested information," Kirk wrote.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said she favored Judiciary Committee hearings "so that there can be an in-depth vetting of the nominee and his or her views." Several other GOP senators said they'd defer to a decision by Grassley about holding hearings, including Sens. Richard Burr, R-N.C., Rob Portman, R-Ohio and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., who face re-election contests in November.
Obama is expected to announce his nomination in coming weeks. GOP senators will gather on Tuesday for the first time since Scalia's death to discuss their path forward.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Well, if Clinton or Sanders win and the GOP holds the Senate, everyone just needs to get used to an eight-member Supreme Court. 😛
Very little chance that the GOP will hold on to the senate. There are a lot of Republican seats up for grabs in blue states compared to open Democratic seats, and if you haven't noriced the a]proval rate of congress is at an all time low. If Clinton or Sanders win, you can welcome Obama to the Supreme Count.
Well, if Clinton or Sanders win and the GOP holds the Senate, everyone just needs to get used to an eight-member Supreme Court. 😛
Very little chance that the GOP will hold on to the senate. There are a lot of Republican seats up for grabs in blue states compared to open Democratic seats, and if you haven't noriced the a]proval rate of congress is at an all time low. If Clinton or Sanders win, you can welcome Obama to the Supreme Count.
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That approval rate of congress is at an all time low applies to both parties.
Obama will never be seated on The Supreme Court. He is not qualified.
Well, if Clinton or Sanders win and the GOP holds the Senate, everyone just needs to get used to an eight-member Supreme Court. 😛
Very little chance that the GOP will hold on to the senate. There are a lot of Republican seats up for grabs in blue states compared to open Democratic seats, and if you haven't noriced the a]proval rate of congress is at an all time low. If Clinton or Sanders win, you can welcome Obama to the Supreme Count.
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That approval rate of congress is at an all time low applies to the party in power as they control what happens..
Obama will never be seated on The Supreme Court. He is not qualified.
I fixed that for you.
I don't necessarily agree that Obama would be nominated for the Supreme Court. But for you to say that a guy who taught constitutional law is unqualified to serve on a court that is all about constitutional law is idiotic.
Obama will never be seated on The Supreme Court. He is not qualified.
Qualifications aside, what makes you think he'd ever accept a nomination? He's about to assume the best job ever, "Former President". I'd think the last thing he wants is a nomination.
"Once the political season is underway and it is, action on a Supreme Court nomination must be put off until after the election campaign is over," Biden said.
The President should appoint. The Senate should have a hearing and a vote. If they don't want to confirm then let the vote represent that fact.
Somebody educate me on something. Since when did Kennedy become a conservative on the court? I thought he was typically a swing vote. I hear him getting grouped with conservatives saying there were 5 judges on the right and 4 on the left. I thought it was more appropriately 4 right, 4 left and Kennedy in the middle most often.
If that is in fact true the stakes are very high for those on the right. A 3 right, 5 left and 1 in the middle doesn't look very good to him.
The good news I suppose if the GOP can win the election this fall then Ginsburg and Breyer are getting up there in years so there are 2 on the horizon they can appoint if GOP is in the White House. That is....if the left lets them!
"Once the political season is underway and it is, action on a Supreme Court nomination must be put off until after the election campaign is over," Biden said.
Just words, there was no SCOTUS opening when he said them so meaningless in any practical sense. But if you are saying Biden was right, then where do you draw the line? The "political season" was underway this time last year, and was already in full swing and at fever pitch by May/June of last year.
In any case, as Bhawk already pointed out early on in this thread, there are plenty of flip-flop statements from both sides from over the years that all hinge on the political landscape of the time. For example...
“Any President’s judicial nominees should receive careful consideration. But after that debate, they deserve a simple up-or-down vote. . . . It’s time to move away from advise and obstruct and get back to advise and consent." - Mitch McConnell, 2005
The big difference between then and now is that at the time Biden and McConnell made those statements, they were just rhetoric, there was no SCOTUS opening to be filled. This time we'll going to find out if the rhetoric turns into action (or inaction as the case may be), and if it does then we'll also find out what kind of consequences it will have at the ballot box in November.
[Edited on 2/24/2016 by gondicar]
Hey Nebish I think Kennedy is considered a conservative because he was appointed by Reagan. Truth is no one really knows how the Justices will vote once they get their lifetime appointment. I think the people qualified to fill the position actually love the law and the Constitution and try to interpret it to the best of their ability.
Did you see on the day of the funeral Justice Scalia fell out of the coffin?
Justice Kennedy was one of the pall bearers and inexplicably switched from the right side to the left. 
When is the political season not underway?
When is the political season not underway?
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You keep asking questions.
Understanding the political system is just not your thing son.
Well, if Clinton or Sanders win and the GOP holds the Senate, everyone just needs to get used to an eight-member Supreme Court. 😛
Very little chance that the GOP will hold on to the senate. There are a lot of Republican seats up for grabs in blue states compared to open Democratic seats, and if you haven't noriced the a]proval rate of congress is at an all time low. If Clinton or Sanders win, you can welcome Obama to the Supreme Count.
There's always a chance of anything happening. Donald Trump is going to be the Republican candidate in the next election for President of the United States of America. 😉
The congressional approval rate has been in the toilet for years. There's this funny thing, everyone thinks that Congress is terrible, but consistently, people will then poll that the guy or gal in their district is doing a good job.
"I don’t know how many times we need to keep saying this: The Judiciary Committee has unanimously recommended to me that there be no hearing. I’ve said repeatedly and I’m now confident that my conference agrees that this decision ought to be made by the next president, whoever is elected,"
- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Feb 23, 2016
‘It is our duty to move forward. We must fulfill our constitutional obligation to ensure that the highest court in the land has a full complement of justices.
Unfortunately, it would seem that some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle do not agree—and they wasted no time in making known their objections. Less than an hour after news of Justice Scalia’s death became public, the Majority Leader announced that the Senate would not take up the business of considering a replacement until after the presidential election. Quote, “[t]he American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court justice,” he said.
The only problem with the Majority Leader’s reasoning, Mr. PRESIDENT, is that the American people have spoken. Twice. President Barack Obama was elected and reelected by a solid majority of the American people who correctly understood that elections have consequences, not the least of which is that when a vacancy occurs, the President of United States has the constitutional responsibility to appoint a justice to the Supreme Court.
The Constitution does not set a time limit on the President’s ability to fulfill this duty. Nor, by my reading, does the Constitution set a date after which the President is no longer able to fulfill his duties as Commander in Chief, or to exercise his authority to, say, grant pardons or make treaties. It merely states that the President shall hold office for a term of four years. And by my count, there are in the neighborhood of 11 months left.
- Senator Al Franken, Feb 25, 2016
"I don’t know how many times we need to keep saying this: The Judiciary Committee has unanimously recommended to me that there be no hearing. I’ve said repeatedly and I’m now confident that my conference agrees that this decision ought to be made by the next president, whoever is elected,"
- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Feb 23, 2016
"Once the political season is underway and it is, action on a Supreme Court nomination must be put off until after the election campaign is over," Biden said.
It sounds like we have bipartisan agreement.
"I don’t know how many times we need to keep saying this: The Judiciary Committee has unanimously recommended to me that there be no hearing. I’ve said repeatedly and I’m now confident that my conference agrees that this decision ought to be made by the next president, whoever is elected,"
- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Feb 23, 2016"Once the political season is underway and it is, action on a Supreme Court nomination must be put off until after the election campaign is over," Biden said.
It sounds like we have bipartisan agreement.
Your friend McConnell is not going to work with Trump either. Marco Rubio apparently misses over 80% of his senate committee meetings and he is the establishment candidate. Not doing their job is very typical of these republicans. SEND THEM ALL HOME!!!
Normally at this point in the election cycle the GOP would be gearing up for attacks on their anticipated Democratic rival for the White House. But party leaders are so distraught at the idea of the blustery businessman heading the ticket, that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has taken to advising candidates to keep their distance from Trump.
According to the New York Times, McConnell is assuring Senate candidates running for reelection that they should feel free to run ads against Trump if they feel he is hurting their own campaigns. According to senators attending private lunches with the Majority Leader, McConnell is taking the approach that Trump will lose badly in the general election and that senators should sell themselves as a bulwark against a Hillary Clinton presidency.
"I don’t know how many times we need to keep saying this: The Judiciary Committee has unanimously recommended to me that there be no hearing. I’ve said repeatedly and I’m now confident that my conference agrees that this decision ought to be made by the next president, whoever is elected,"
- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Feb 23, 2016"Once the political season is underway and it is, action on a Supreme Court nomination must be put off until after the election campaign is over," Biden said.
It sounds like we have bipartisan agreement.
Your friend McConnell is not going to work with Trump either. Marco Rubio apparently misses over 80% of his senate committee meetings and he is the establishment candidate. Not doing their job is very typical of these republicans. SEND THEM ALL HOME!!!
Normally at this point in the election cycle the GOP would be gearing up for attacks on their anticipated Democratic rival for the White House. But party leaders are so distraught at the idea of the blustery businessman heading the ticket, that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has taken to advising candidates to keep their distance from Trump.
According to the New York Times, McConnell is assuring Senate candidates running for reelection that they should feel free to run ads against Trump if they feel he is hurting their own campaigns. According to senators attending private lunches with the Majority Leader, McConnell is taking the approach that Trump will lose badly in the general election and that senators should sell themselves as a bulwark against a Hillary Clinton presidency.
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Good luck with that.
1.) “Your friend McConnell is not going to work with Trump either” – your assumption with no basis in fact.
2.) “Marco Rubio apparently misses over 80% of his senate committee meetings” – Obama missed almost all his committee meetings while Senator.
The American People know very well that the Obama and Hillary Clinton have failed at every level of government, refuse to work with The Republicans and their lives have continued to get worse since 2008.
This is why American People took control of The House of Representatives and The Senate away from the democrats.
This is why voter turnout at every caucus and primary is way up for Republicans and significantly down for democrats.
This is why our next President will be a Republican.
"I don’t know how many times we need to keep saying this: The Judiciary Committee has unanimously recommended to me that there be no hearing. I’ve said repeatedly and I’m now confident that my conference agrees that this decision ought to be made by the next president, whoever is elected,"
- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Feb 23, 2016"Once the political season is underway and it is, action on a Supreme Court nomination must be put off until after the election campaign is over," Biden said.
It sounds like we have bipartisan agreement.
Your friend McConnell is not going to work with Trump either. Marco Rubio apparently misses over 80% of his senate committee meetings and he is the establishment candidate. Not doing their job is very typical of these republicans. SEND THEM ALL HOME!!!
Normally at this point in the election cycle the GOP would be gearing up for attacks on their anticipated Democratic rival for the White House. But party leaders are so distraught at the idea of the blustery businessman heading the ticket, that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has taken to advising candidates to keep their distance from Trump.
According to the New York Times, McConnell is assuring Senate candidates running for reelection that they should feel free to run ads against Trump if they feel he is hurting their own campaigns. According to senators attending private lunches with the Majority Leader, McConnell is taking the approach that Trump will lose badly in the general election and that senators should sell themselves as a bulwark against a Hillary Clinton presidency.
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Good luck with that.
1.) “Your friend McConnell is not going to work with Trump either” – your assumption with no basis in fact.
2.) “Marco Rubio apparently misses over 80% of his senate committee meetings” – Obama missed almost all his committee meetings while Senator.
The American People know very well that the Obama and Hillary Clinton have failed at every level of government, refuse to work with The Republicans and their lives have continued to get worse since 2008.
This is why American People took control of The House of Representatives and The Senate away from the democrats.
This is why voter turnout at every caucus and primary is way up for Republicans and significantly down for democrats.
This is why our next President will be a Republican.
I don't think you have a very healthy attitude for someone attached to the government udder. Out of habit you are probably very happy with dysfunctional government employees like Rubio.
An extra problem is that Chris Christie is so tarnishing Rubio he will be easy to beat in the general if it gets that far which is not likely.
Voter turnout is up because of Trump alone not the party.
"I don’t know how many times we need to keep saying this: The Judiciary Committee has unanimously recommended to me that there be no hearing. I’ve said repeatedly and I’m now confident that my conference agrees that this decision ought to be made by the next president, whoever is elected,"
- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Feb 23, 2016"Once the political season is underway and it is, action on a Supreme Court nomination must be put off until after the election campaign is over," Biden said.
It sounds like we have bipartisan agreement.
Your friend McConnell is not going to work with Trump either. Marco Rubio apparently misses over 80% of his senate committee meetings and he is the establishment candidate. Not doing their job is very typical of these republicans. SEND THEM ALL HOME!!!
Normally at this point in the election cycle the GOP would be gearing up for attacks on their anticipated Democratic rival for the White House. But party leaders are so distraught at the idea of the blustery businessman heading the ticket, that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has taken to advising candidates to keep their distance from Trump.
According to the New York Times, McConnell is assuring Senate candidates running for reelection that they should feel free to run ads against Trump if they feel he is hurting their own campaigns. According to senators attending private lunches with the Majority Leader, McConnell is taking the approach that Trump will lose badly in the general election and that senators should sell themselves as a bulwark against a Hillary Clinton presidency.
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Good luck with that.
1.) “Your friend McConnell is not going to work with Trump either” – your assumption with no basis in fact.
2.) “Marco Rubio apparently misses over 80% of his senate committee meetings” – Obama missed almost all his committee meetings while Senator.
The American People know very well that the Obama and Hillary Clinton have failed at every level of government, refuse to work with The Republicans and their lives have continued to get worse since 2008.
This is why American People took control of The House of Representatives and The Senate away from the democrats.
This is why voter turnout at every caucus and primary is way up for Republicans and significantly down for democrats.
This is why our next President will be a Republican.
I don't think you have a very healthy attitude for someone attached to the government udder. Out of habit you are probably very happy with dysfunctional government employees like Rubio.
An extra problem is that Chris Christie is so tarnishing Rubio he will be easy to beat in the general if it gets that far which is not likely.
Voter turnout is up because of Trump alone not the party.
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I stopped working for the federal government in 1977 when my enlistment ended.
Try again.
"I don’t know how many times we need to keep saying this: The Judiciary Committee has unanimously recommended to me that there be no hearing. I’ve said repeatedly and I’m now confident that my conference agrees that this decision ought to be made by the next president, whoever is elected,"
- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Feb 23, 2016"Once the political season is underway and it is, action on a Supreme Court nomination must be put off until after the election campaign is over," Biden said.
It sounds like we have bipartisan agreement.
Your friend McConnell is not going to work with Trump either. Marco Rubio apparently misses over 80% of his senate committee meetings and he is the establishment candidate. Not doing their job is very typical of these republicans. SEND THEM ALL HOME!!!
Normally at this point in the election cycle the GOP would be gearing up for attacks on their anticipated Democratic rival for the White House. But party leaders are so distraught at the idea of the blustery businessman heading the ticket, that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has taken to advising candidates to keep their distance from Trump.
According to the New York Times, McConnell is assuring Senate candidates running for reelection that they should feel free to run ads against Trump if they feel he is hurting their own campaigns. According to senators attending private lunches with the Majority Leader, McConnell is taking the approach that Trump will lose badly in the general election and that senators should sell themselves as a bulwark against a Hillary Clinton presidency.
_______________________________________________________________________
Good luck with that.
1.) “Your friend McConnell is not going to work with Trump either” – your assumption with no basis in fact.
2.) “Marco Rubio apparently misses over 80% of his senate committee meetings” – Obama missed almost all his committee meetings while Senator.
The American People know very well that the Obama and Hillary Clinton have failed at every level of government, refuse to work with The Republicans and their lives have continued to get worse since 2008.
This is why American People took control of The House of Representatives and The Senate away from the democrats.
This is why voter turnout at every caucus and primary is way up for Republicans and significantly down for democrats.
This is why our next President will be a Republican.
I don't think you have a very healthy attitude for someone attached to the government udder. Out of habit you are probably very happy with dysfunctional government employees like Rubio.
An extra problem is that Chris Christie is so tarnishing Rubio he will be easy to beat in the general if it gets that far which is not likely.
Voter turnout is up because of Trump alone not the party.
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I stopped working for the federal government in 1977 when my enlistment ended.
Try again.
To me how you described your "organization" meeting with other NGOs, the CDC and WHO is this was a either a meeting about a grant proposal, a general funding meeting or a seminar for already funded agencies. The funding for you and other agencies would typically be the government. Hence you are a government employee replete with all the bad habits.
"I don’t know how many times we need to keep saying this: The Judiciary Committee has unanimously recommended to me that there be no hearing. I’ve said repeatedly and I’m now confident that my conference agrees that this decision ought to be made by the next president, whoever is elected,"
- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Feb 23, 2016"Once the political season is underway and it is, action on a Supreme Court nomination must be put off until after the election campaign is over," Biden said.
It sounds like we have bipartisan agreement.
Your friend McConnell is not going to work with Trump either. Marco Rubio apparently misses over 80% of his senate committee meetings and he is the establishment candidate. Not doing their job is very typical of these republicans. SEND THEM ALL HOME!!!
Normally at this point in the election cycle the GOP would be gearing up for attacks on their anticipated Democratic rival for the White House. But party leaders are so distraught at the idea of the blustery businessman heading the ticket, that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has taken to advising candidates to keep their distance from Trump.
According to the New York Times, McConnell is assuring Senate candidates running for reelection that they should feel free to run ads against Trump if they feel he is hurting their own campaigns. According to senators attending private lunches with the Majority Leader, McConnell is taking the approach that Trump will lose badly in the general election and that senators should sell themselves as a bulwark against a Hillary Clinton presidency.
_______________________________________________________________________
Good luck with that.
1.) “Your friend McConnell is not going to work with Trump either” – your assumption with no basis in fact.
2.) “Marco Rubio apparently misses over 80% of his senate committee meetings” – Obama missed almost all his committee meetings while Senator.
The American People know very well that the Obama and Hillary Clinton have failed at every level of government, refuse to work with The Republicans and their lives have continued to get worse since 2008.
This is why American People took control of The House of Representatives and The Senate away from the democrats.
This is why voter turnout at every caucus and primary is way up for Republicans and significantly down for democrats.
This is why our next President will be a Republican.
I don't think you have a very healthy attitude for someone attached to the government udder. Out of habit you are probably very happy with dysfunctional government employees like Rubio.
An extra problem is that Chris Christie is so tarnishing Rubio he will be easy to beat in the general if it gets that far which is not likely.
Voter turnout is up because of Trump alone not the party.
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I stopped working for the federal government in 1977 when my enlistment ended.
Try again.
To me how you described your "organization" meeting with other NGOs, the CDC and WHO is this was a either a meeting about a grant proposal, a general funding meeting or a seminar for already funded agencies. The funding for you and other agencies would typically be the government. Hence you are a government employee replete with all the bad habits.
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Not even close.
I work for a humanitarian organization which, in this case, works with NGOs, the CDC and WHO on bio-medical outbreaks.
We are privately funded and are not controlled by any federal government agency. We do however often advise and assist them. Trust me, they need the help.
"I don’t know how many times we need to keep saying this: The Judiciary Committee has unanimously recommended to me that there be no hearing. I’ve said repeatedly and I’m now confident that my conference agrees that this decision ought to be made by the next president, whoever is elected,"
- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Feb 23, 2016"Once the political season is underway and it is, action on a Supreme Court nomination must be put off until after the election campaign is over," Biden said.
It sounds like we have bipartisan agreement.
Your friend McConnell is not going to work with Trump either. Marco Rubio apparently misses over 80% of his senate committee meetings and he is the establishment candidate. Not doing their job is very typical of these republicans. SEND THEM ALL HOME!!!
Normally at this point in the election cycle the GOP would be gearing up for attacks on their anticipated Democratic rival for the White House. But party leaders are so distraught at the idea of the blustery businessman heading the ticket, that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has taken to advising candidates to keep their distance from Trump.
According to the New York Times, McConnell is assuring Senate candidates running for reelection that they should feel free to run ads against Trump if they feel he is hurting their own campaigns. According to senators attending private lunches with the Majority Leader, McConnell is taking the approach that Trump will lose badly in the general election and that senators should sell themselves as a bulwark against a Hillary Clinton presidency.
_______________________________________________________________________
Good luck with that.
1.) “Your friend McConnell is not going to work with Trump either” – your assumption with no basis in fact.
2.) “Marco Rubio apparently misses over 80% of his senate committee meetings” – Obama missed almost all his committee meetings while Senator.
The American People know very well that the Obama and Hillary Clinton have failed at every level of government, refuse to work with The Republicans and their lives have continued to get worse since 2008.
This is why American People took control of The House of Representatives and The Senate away from the democrats.
This is why voter turnout at every caucus and primary is way up for Republicans and significantly down for democrats.
This is why our next President will be a Republican.
I don't think you have a very healthy attitude for someone attached to the government udder. Out of habit you are probably very happy with dysfunctional government employees like Rubio.
An extra problem is that Chris Christie is so tarnishing Rubio he will be easy to beat in the general if it gets that far which is not likely.
Voter turnout is up because of Trump alone not the party.
________________________________________________________________________
I stopped working for the federal government in 1977 when my enlistment ended.
Try again.
To me how you described your "organization" meeting with other NGOs, the CDC and WHO is this was a either a meeting about a grant proposal, a general funding meeting or a seminar for already funded agencies. The funding for you and other agencies would typically be the government. Hence you are a government employee replete with all the bad habits.
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Not even close.
I work for a humanitarian organization which, in this case, works with NGOs, the CDC and WHO on bio-medical outbreaks.
We are privately funded and are not controlled by any federal government agency. We do however often advise and assist them. Trust me, they need the help.
Just from your posts here I'd give you a score of a 0 out of a 100 in any capability and on statistics you are in the negatives. Who could you possibly be advising on anything?
It could be that you are funded by a foundation that in itself for certain programs is funded by the government. Nevertheless, just being part of the network fosters exposure and the inertia created by bureaucracy is contagious.
"I don’t know how many times we need to keep saying this: The Judiciary Committee has unanimously recommended to me that there be no hearing. I’ve said repeatedly and I’m now confident that my conference agrees that this decision ought to be made by the next president, whoever is elected,"
- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Feb 23, 2016"Once the political season is underway and it is, action on a Supreme Court nomination must be put off until after the election campaign is over," Biden said.
It sounds like we have bipartisan agreement.
Your friend McConnell is not going to work with Trump either. Marco Rubio apparently misses over 80% of his senate committee meetings and he is the establishment candidate. Not doing their job is very typical of these republicans. SEND THEM ALL HOME!!!
Normally at this point in the election cycle the GOP would be gearing up for attacks on their anticipated Democratic rival for the White House. But party leaders are so distraught at the idea of the blustery businessman heading the ticket, that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has taken to advising candidates to keep their distance from Trump.
According to the New York Times, McConnell is assuring Senate candidates running for reelection that they should feel free to run ads against Trump if they feel he is hurting their own campaigns. According to senators attending private lunches with the Majority Leader, McConnell is taking the approach that Trump will lose badly in the general election and that senators should sell themselves as a bulwark against a Hillary Clinton presidency.
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Good luck with that.
1.) “Your friend McConnell is not going to work with Trump either” – your assumption with no basis in fact.
2.) “Marco Rubio apparently misses over 80% of his senate committee meetings” – Obama missed almost all his committee meetings while Senator.
The American People know very well that the Obama and Hillary Clinton have failed at every level of government, refuse to work with The Republicans and their lives have continued to get worse since 2008.
This is why American People took control of The House of Representatives and The Senate away from the democrats.
This is why voter turnout at every caucus and primary is way up for Republicans and significantly down for democrats.
This is why our next President will be a Republican.
I don't think you have a very healthy attitude for someone attached to the government udder. Out of habit you are probably very happy with dysfunctional government employees like Rubio.
An extra problem is that Chris Christie is so tarnishing Rubio he will be easy to beat in the general if it gets that far which is not likely.
Voter turnout is up because of Trump alone not the party.
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I stopped working for the federal government in 1977 when my enlistment ended.
Try again.
To me how you described your "organization" meeting with other NGOs, the CDC and WHO is this was a either a meeting about a grant proposal, a general funding meeting or a seminar for already funded agencies. The funding for you and other agencies would typically be the government. Hence you are a government employee replete with all the bad habits.
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Not even close.
I work for a humanitarian organization which, in this case, works with NGOs, the CDC and WHO on bio-medical outbreaks.
We are privately funded and are not controlled by any federal government agency. We do however often advise and assist them. Trust me, they need the help.
Just from your posts here I'd give you a score of a 0 out of a 100 in any capability and on statistics you are in the negatives. Who could you possibly be advising on anything?
It could be that you are funded by a foundation that in itself for certain programs is funded by the government. Nevertheless, just being part of the network fosters exposure and the inertia created by bureaucracy is contagious.
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For a guy who thinks his office is the back seat of the crew-cab pickup truck that picks him up in the parking lot of a Home Depot some mornings you haven’t a clue on how the real world works.
That is okay son... keep trying to think.
