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mr_liberal

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32. lol His post makes no sense

Reply to freshwest (Reply #29)

Wed Sep 24, 2014, 12:03 AM

Sep 2014

Obama has had two liberal supreme court judges confirmed already and many lower court judges.

You have a Dem president and a large Dem majority in the senate, you wont find a better time than now especially since waiting might allow a republican pres to replace her instead.

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Ginsburg: If I Resigned, Obama Couldn't Appoint 'Someone Like Me' [View all] steve2470 Sep 2014 OP

Right, elleng Sep 2014 #1

Yes She Does billhicks76 Sep 2014 #23

Another good reason for Elizabeth Warren to run! cascadiance Sep 2014 #2

Yeah, one less vote in the Senate will be very helpful. pnwmom Sep 2014 #10

Let us in Massachusetts worry about that. Fearless Sep 2014 #11

Oh, really. Scott Brown wasn't your best moment. n/t pnwmom Sep 2014 #12

Really now? One in the last sixty years. Really. Fearless Sep 2014 #13

He was there long enough to doom the public option. If a Dem had replaced Kennedy, pnwmom Sep 2014 #18

And if the Dem didn't run one of the worst campaigns in recent history, hughee99 Sep 2014 #22

No more culpable than every other no vote. Fearless Sep 2014 #42

She was nominated by Bill Clinton. mr_liberal Sep 2014 #20

She's right... a sad statement on our future, frankly... hlthe2b Sep 2014 #3

I'm glad she came out and said this. woolldog Sep 2014 #4

She's right, FoxNewsSucks Sep 2014 #5

Yep...that is how it works. zeemike Sep 2014 #25

I love this woman! sheshe2 Sep 2014 #6

my pleasure ! :) nt steve2470 Sep 2014 #8

:) sheshe2 Sep 2014 #9

I can see her point, but I hope she has a lot of years to go on the bench. nt ohnoyoudidnt Sep 2014 #7

Gindsburg is a national treasure. Terra Alta Sep 2014 #14

Well, Democrats are in the majority, so if she's right mr_liberal Sep 2014 #15

She is correct nevergiveup Sep 2014 #16

She disagrees with Roe v Wade. mr_liberal Sep 2014 #17

She dissagrees with the way Roe was ruled Bartlet Sep 2014 #24

She thnks "it went too far and too fast" and that mr_liberal Sep 2014 #28

She is entirely correct. former9thward Sep 2014 #38

She understands political reality. Love her! freshwest Sep 2014 #19

How so? mr_liberal Sep 2014 #21

When we don't have Bartlet Sep 2014 #27

Thank you. freshwest Sep 2014 #29

lol His post makes no sense mr_liberal Sep 2014 #32

Large majority in the senate. HERVEPA Sep 2014 #34

8 seats is large for the senate mr_liberal Sep 2014 #35

So Kagan and Sotomayor are conservative leaning centrists? mr_liberal Sep 2014 #30

All three vote with Roberts at least 77% of the time. former9thward Sep 2014 #39

That's because a majority of SC decisions are about legal technicalities Recursion Sep 2014 #43

SC decisions are not about property easements. former9thward Sep 2014 #44

Sure they do. I was thinking specifically about Brandt from this term Recursion Sep 2014 #46

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is quite possibly the smartest person working in government today alcibiades_mystery Sep 2014 #26

Not just couldn't dflprincess Sep 2014 #31

Are you saying Sotomayor and Kagan aren't in her mold? Drunken Irishman Sep 2014 #33

+1 Agschmid Sep 2014 #36

Sotomayor and Kagan pretty much always side with Ginsgurg. Cali_Democrat Sep 2014 #37

They also side with Roberts 80% of the time. former9thward Sep 2014 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author dflprincess Sep 2014 #45

Mostly because there is no one like her bhikkhu Sep 2014 #41