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Democrats will regret their filibuster of the supreme court nomination of neil gorsuch. charlie saf itch had the right in the times earlier this week and heres why. first of all, the conservative gorsuch now replaces the conservative scalia, so the balance of power on the court is not going to shift. it will still be 4-4 with justice anthony kennedy casting the deciding vote. as the rules stood, supporters of a supreme court nominee needed 60 votes to confirm a nominee by first shutting down the...

Charlie savage had the right in the "times" earlier this week and heres why. first of all, the conservative gorsuch now replaces the conservative scalia, so the balance of power on the court is not going to shift. it will still be 4-4 with justice anthony kennedy casting the deciding vote. as the rules stood, supporters of a supreme court nominee needed 60 votes to confirm a nominee by first shutting down the filibuster. this filibuster, it really wasnt about judge gorsuch but about president ob...

Republicans wont agree. the broad center can agree on someone who does not have the decision making record to the right of scalia. i know judge gorsuch has a nice family, but his decision making on hobby lobby and elsewhere is more conservative than justice scalia. dont change the nominee, change the process. >> going nuclear is not going to get you a more center nominee. do you agree with lindsey graham, by democrats filibustering and going nuclear, the next thing you know, we are going to be g...

>> can i say, i totally agree with nicole on this. its a total grudge match. you know, look, the senate, including senator john mccain and lindsey graham and the democrats, schumer, this is a self-inflicted wound. they are all moaning and groaning about how the senate is changing forever. its changing forever because of them. this is a grudgement. garland should have had a hearing. now the republicans are getting a pay back. they are changing the senate. well, dont blame us. >> okay. we know tha...

Filibuster and nuclear option, thats the definition of gridlock. at the end of the day elections have consequences. you knew this seat was going to get filled to replace conservative scalia. whod you you think you were going to get? >> this is why people hate washington and hate politics and think the whole thing has devolved into being a clown college. megan is absolutely right. this is as much about merrick garland as it is about gorsuch. you can have legitimate objections to gorsuch on aborti...

That went for donald trump theres a lot of people voted for donald trump because they wanted him to choose the next supreme court justice and the three in favor of judge gorsuch are all on that profile. >> shannon: super quick because were out of time but if the rules change with 51 youre replacing a conservative with a believed to be conservative. if justice ginsburg were to step down in the next couple years while president trump is still the president if they change the rule to 51 the republi...

The re-election in order to even have a chance to keep the margin the way it is. this is going to play out in the neil gorsuch nomination. a lot of them want to be open to possibly voting for him, but the base wants a serious fight. chuck schumer is caught in the middle because he does not necessarily want to go all the way out, force them to use the nuclear option and change the filibuster to get another conservativing to replace conservative scalia. >> in the supreme court we still have a few ...