The focus on Price was another example of Democrats' inability to recognize a changed political landscape. But even before Trump came on the scene, this lack of vision doomed them.

In 2013, then-Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada eliminated the filibuster procedure for presidential nominees. Passage of the so-called Reid Rule was widely hailed by Democrats because it solved the short-term problem of Republican obstruction of Obama.

In reality, Reid just sabotaged the future self-defense capability of the entire Senate. This was one of many examples of Democrats cheering an expansion of executive power that later left them weakened under Trump. Delaware Sen. Chris Coons was one of the first to get religion late last year, once he started to see Trump's loony nominees marching up the Hill.

"I do regret that," Coons told CNN in late November. "[The filibuster] would have been a terrific speed bump."

He's getting confirmed. Please save the outrage for something really bad Trump does. This might be his most level headed appointment yet.

I hope they follow through with the promise of a filibuster, if only to force the Republicans hand and end the archaic practice that has no place in today's political climate.

At the very least, maybe we will get the likes of Schumer, Warren and Franken reading some sweet recipes out of a Guy Fieri cookbook or some shit like that.

This.

At the very least the left should make them sweat it out a bit. To just lay down and do nothing would be so democrat though.

He's getting confirmed. Please save the outrage for something really bad Trump does. This might be his most level headed appointment yet.

This.

At the very least the left should make them sweat it out a bit. To just lay down and do nothing would be so democrat though.

Copying something that Republicans did and then wondering why it didn't get the same response is the Democrats way. Nothing original.

I saw a headline on twitter yesterday that said Democratic leadership was considering not playing the filibuster card this time if GOP leadership promised not to use the nuclear option on the next SCOTUS nomination.

You know who was also level headed. Merrick Garland. So fuck Gouesech and fuck his mother too.

He's getting confirmed. Please save the outrage for something really bad Trump does. This might be his most level headed appointment yet.

Exactly. We shouldn't even be having this discussion.

And using the nuclear option on this nomination is like finding out you have one mouse in your house and burning it to the ground. This is just a bad look. You can't be better than the GOP if it's a constant "they did it to our guy first!!"

A few things...

First, you're getting your terms mixed up here. The Democrats would be using a filibuster to stall the proceedings. It would be the Republicans using the nuclear option to end the filibuster and push the debate forward.

Second, we're talking about a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court. While I'm willing to agree that this isn't even close to the worst nomination he's made, those will be (relatively) short lived mistakes. This guy is likely going to be on the bench for 30 years. Your analogy undersells the gravity of the situation just a touch.

I had no issue with Garland but it's SOP to not give a lame duck POTUS a SC nomination during an election cycle.

Filibustering Gorsuch is lame. He's fine.

Play the long game. Not everything has to be pissy fit. That useless turtle faced fuck McConnell won't be a Senator forever.

The problem is that nobody really uses the fillibuster anymore. There's just the threat of it and the opposing party moves on because they can't get the 60 cloture votes. Make someone stand up there for hours if he doesn't want to vote on something. At least then I could respect the minority parties gridlock tactics.

Honest to god, I have a hard time picking out any worthwhile GOP or Dem leadership in congress. Its all a bunch of long term blind party supporting loyalists. I'm so sick of it. This system is broken.

No it's not.

Google is a fun thing rather than talking out of your ass. Here is an article from when Scalia died. The last time it happened was in 1988 but that was because the first two nominations were rejected. The hearings were in 1987 but the vote didn't happen until 1988.

http://www.politifact.com/florida/state ... -lame-duc/

Here is Schumer himself in 2007 saying that Bush shouldn't get any more picks. That wasn't even in the election year yet.

http://www.politico.com/story/2007/07/s ... cks-005146