Elizabeth Warren Humiliates Mitch McConnell For Threat To Block Obama SCOTUS Nominee

[tkmorris]

22. But, the Senate is not offering "advice and consent"

The Senate is saying that they refuse to consider any appointment whatsoever from this President. This is a consequence of creating a political environment in which, in order to cultivate support from your constituents, it becomes more important to rail against anything the opposite party does rather than do what is necessary for the good of the country.

It would appear to me that this dig in your heels approach to political leadership is one that infects the Republican side more so than the Democratic one. Their attempts to demonize Democrats through their rhetoric have painted them into a corner which prohibits appearing to work with them in any fashion whatsoever. My only hope is that this attitude they display is more for appearances sake and that in the end they will find it expedient to let a nomination proceed. Of course, it would be done over the very public vocal objections of most of the party leadership so as not to appear hypocritical to their base, but it could get done anyway.

The risk they run by NOT permitting a nomination a path forward is potentially alienating the Independent middle, who would likely view such long term obstructionism as overly partisan. This could be extremely costly leading into such an important election cycle. Don't expect them to admit that publicly, but they are abundantly aware of it.