Ngelmish wrote:Washington Resistance Army wrote:Trump met with Barrett at the White House. It looks like they have the votes and it looks like it's gonna be her, she'll probably be on the bench in a week or two knowing McConnell.
I know you disagree, but that's a poor political judgment call from where I'm sitting. Trump chances to win this thing and keep the senate aren't great, but if they merely dangle Barrett, that might actually move some votes back to him that were either going to sit on their hands or vote for someone else due to the pandemic. Especially since y'all still have a 5-4 advantage built in for at least 15 years.
The 5-4 split effectively doesn't exist for the actually important issues. Roberts won't touch guns or any other culture war issue, Barrett (or whoever gets the nod) getting the seat here and now is effectively the only chance at actually getting answers on these things before 2040.