Nevada Gov. Sandoval to WH: I Don't Wish to Be Considered for SCOTUS Nomination

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Source: NBC LosAngeles

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval tells White House he's not interested in Supreme Court nomination.

The White House was considering the 52-year-old Sandoval, the state's first Hispanic governor and an abortion rights supporter, to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said that regardless of the nominee Obama is likely to settle on in the next few weeks, "This nomination will be determined by whoever wins the presidency in the fall."

Democratic have tried to keep a daily focus on the issue, and on Thursday, about two dozen Democratic senators stood outside the Supreme Court and called on Republicans to consider an Obama nominee.

Read more: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/Nevada-Governor-Brian-Sandoval-Not-Interested-in-Supreme-Court-Nomination-370144801.html

[retrowire]

1. Alrighty then. nt

[global1]

2. Do You Think The Repug Party Put Pressure On Sandoval?....nt

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. Naw, he knew he was a sacrificial lamb in the making

And he knew the GOP would never vote for him, and screw his chances at reelection or any other office. He is young, so he would rather avoid the pigsty that is today's US Senate.

[Chakab]

6. He knew that it was just gamesmanship, that he wasn't going to be confirmed and that the

only likely outcome was him being smeared by the RW noise machine for being associated with Obama.

[xloadiex]

7. Absolutely

He's not about to go against the Repugs. Which tells me he should never have been considered to begin with.

[JackRiddler]

16. Who knows if any of this even happened?

Name floated by rumor from unnaamed source, then he says he's not interested, and it's turned into "withdraws nomination" (which is not only wildly wrong in its intended meaning but in addition syntactically suggests he did the nominating).

[PoliticAverse]

26. Indeed, very bad headline. n/t

[packman]

3. A chess game on many, many levels

Obama-Repukes-Dems-history. Move and counter move.

[MGKrebs]

38. Yup. A trial balloon, lets everyone see how this might play out.

All sides can now poll what might happen if he really appoints a Repub or something similar. Obama is laying groundwork for the actual nominee.

[houston16revival]

5. No one is going to want to be considered

knowing they are a political football and highly unlikely to get a hearing,
let alone a fair one

This will narrow the field to older candidates willing to do a favor to Democrats
or Obama, or who want the notoriety

Any serious candidate knows it's a nomination that won't come again

So my guess is centrists will not be available

Find a 98 year old Republican

or a progressive who can make some political noise and who would be popular
to the voters in November

[JackRiddler]

20. Untrue!

And never mind a 98 year old Republican!

Put up a progressive who makes noise! Let them refuse to even hold a hearing! Dare them to make this an issue for November!

[JackRiddler]

8. Who writes these damn headlines?

Ignorant and illiterate would be the nicest thing one could say of the headline editor. At least it would be an excuse.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

10. Didn't you know? He offered Obama a nomination to the SCOTUS.

But alas, he pulled it back. Must have gotten lots of pressure from McConnell.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. Oops, not in the link. I thought maybe NBC had written that headline. . . nt

[xloadiex]

22. That definitely was the headline

when I posted it. Someone must have noticed the error. I will try and edit to reflect the new headline.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

23. Cool. Definitely thought the media was far and away the most likely suspect. Thanks. nt

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

9. McConnel should be in jail for thwarting the constitution.

[houston16revival]

11. ALL GOP SENATORS SWORE AN OATH ON THE BIBLE

to defend the Constitution and execute their duties

'I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter so help me God.'

and now they won't do their jobs

It's en masse public perjury

and we must grab every voter by the hand and be sure they understand it that way

Flock to discussion forums in every GOP Senator's state and POST THE OATH

Their word is riddled with holes - like Swiss cheese!

[JudyM]

17. +1

[Bernardo de La Paz]

24. ... to Faithfully Discharge the Duties of the Office: holding hearings and vote on nominees. . nt

[JudyM]

15. Which side of the aisle is he on again?! He is "our" senate leader? Who's buttered his biscuit?

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

27. I suppose a turtle would eat a bisquit. Not sure.

[LannyDeVaney]

12. Hmm, didn't even want to be vetted ...

I wonder what he's hiding?

[iandhr]

14. Naming was a ploy by the President to make the GOP look like extreme obstructionists.

It was a good tactical move.

[Agnosticsherbet]

29. I suspect he received calls explaining how he made Republicans in the Senate look bad

and may even have been promised consideration if a Republican wins the White House.

[RussBLib]

18. sounded like a dick anyway - n/t

[SunSeeker]

19. Well played, Obama.

[Eric J in MN]

21. Good. Obama should choose someone like Sonia Sotomayor

...and if the Republicans don't approve her, then Democratic voters will be fired up.

Republican voters are already fired up from there being a Democratic president.

[Betty]

25. the repugs must be awfully confident

that one of their own is going to be in the White House next year...otherwise, they are just holding out for Sanders or Clinton to make the choice. Well, that, and this is a great way to yet again say "fuck you" to Obama and to once more treat him as not the "real" president.

[DarthDem]

30. Well, Sort Of, I Think

They're weighing a nominee to be submitted by Obama, a losing proposition for them, versus at least a possibility that Trump will get to make the nomination to fill the vacancy instead, sure.

But I'm not so sure that this says anything about their confidence in winning the presidency. I fully expect them to refuse to consider any nominee put forth by Clinton/Sanders (I assume it will be Clinton) either, particularly if they still control the Senate. If they don't control the Senate, they'll have to filibuster, and then the Democratic Senate leadership will have to abolish the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees as they did for all other nominees a couple of years ago.

[MGKrebs]

37. Right. They've got nothing to lose.

A Dem win puts them right back where they are now, but an R win gets them something more.

[itcfish]

28. He received

His marching orders and he must obey!

[malthaussen]

31. So, screw you, Harry Reid.

Odd that Mr Reid did not first check with Mr Sandoval before proposing him as a potential nominee.

-- Mal

[elljay]

32. Sandra Day O'Connor

They should float the possibility of re-appointing Sandra Day O'Connor to the Court. She retired to care for her ill husband, who has since passed away. It would be quite amusing to watch what the Republicans do with this.

[FreedomRain]

35. best post this year

That would be awesome, I wonder if she would feel up to it. Maybe so, she is still hearing cases occasionally, and we know she did not really want to retire when she did.

[Nevernose]

33. He's planning a presidential run in 2020

So he doesn't want bad press.

[Mendocino]

34. Sandoval is a Bundy fanboy,

that pushes his incoherent views into the national spotlight.

[Major Hogwash]

36. He didn't want to be crucified by the Republican Senators for accepting the nomination.

Fact is, he is a Republican, and if he would have agreed to be nominated, all hell would have broken loose upon him by the Republican/Tea Party Senators.

[davidpdx]

39. It seems like they leaked this because they were sure that Sandval would immediately say no

[GOLGO 13]

40. The best way to avoid defeat is not to play the game.

An excellent strategy.