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[–] DickHertz ago 

If dems control the Senate (by simple majority or even a tie) and the Presidency for the next two years they can go full nuclear on day one and put any nominee into Supreme Court slot without any republican votes and fill the huge backlog at all other levels in the judiciary for the next two years non-stop. Should that situation come to be tomorrow night my guess is republicans will give Obama's guy the job now while they still have some input because come January they won't have any at all if they fuck around even a little bit more about it. Dems might just appoint Bernie to top slot at that point because they can :)

It's never better to lose.

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[–] Kurplow 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I think you're ignoring most of the institutions of government, and how power would shift over the next four years. A party cannot advance policy with courts alone.

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[–] DickHertz ago 

Nor can it advance by losing elections so I have to strongly disagree that the best outcome for the democrats is losing the election for the Whitehouse under any circumstances. When you get two years of Senate control plus the Whitehouse plus the ability to make a huge and lasting change in the judiciary that's not nothing.