@no1marauder saidAnd the Dems who Borked Bork and Reid, who blew up the filibuster for lower court judges (not to mention the circus that was made of the Thomas hearings), have absolutely no role in the descent towards that state? It was all McConnell?
Whether she wants to admit it or not, before McConnell it was never assumed that a President couldn't get a SCOTUS pick through a different party majority Senate. Now it is an established and predictable norm. This is extremely regrettable.
@sh76 saidStop the crap with Bork; he was rejected for good and sufficient reasons. Scalia got confirmed in the same period unanimously.
And the Dems who Borked Bork and Reid, who blew up the filibuster for lower court judges (not to mention the circus that was made of the Thomas hearings), have absolutely no role in the descent towards that state? It was all McConnell?
No one ever norm broke the political process in the Senate like McConnell.