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Originally Posted by Linkster
The bad side is the part that smart people like McConnell doesn't want to mess with - no matter what Trump says. He knows that eventually this could be used in reverse, and pretty much knows that the Democrats' base has already threatened sitting senators with their reelections... I would imagine that the Democrats will eventually give this guy a hearing like they did with Bork... and then force the nuclear option. This will hurt the Republican party a lot and McConnell knows it.
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I was watching the news last night and there is talk that the Democrats might ask some tough questions and make some noise, but will eventually vote for the guy and approve him. The theory is that he is a conservative judge replacing a conservative judge so it won't switch the balance of the court anymore than it was before Scalia's death. The dems might save the filibuster and their big guns for a potential later fight in the event a liberal judge needs to be replaced by Trump.