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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 here's 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 wasn't about judge gorsuch but about president obama's nomi...

Charlie savage had the right in the "times" earlier this week and here's 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 wasn't about judge gorsuch but about president obama's nominee merrick garland and the way he was treated by the republicans who wouldn't give him ...

Republicans won't 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. don't 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 getting extreme, extreme candidates from the right and left in the future? >> i hope not. you have ...

>> can i say, i totally agree with nicole on this. it's 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. it's 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, don't blame us. >> okay. we know that paybacks, you know, come -- we understand why people want to have paack. if they go nuclr, does...

Filibuster and nuclear option, that's 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. who'd 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 abortion, gay rights or corporate interests. but they're still litigating the war against merrick garlan...