You're trying to sidestep. Reps took the blame for the shutdown. If they refuse to consider in good faith any of Obama's nominations then they will take the blame for that, too. So please, stay tough, double down, don't retreat, reload!
If the shutdown hurt anyone, it was the Dems.... Elections to the United States Senate were a part of the elections held in the United States on November 4, 2014 (and in some areas for a period of time ending November 4, 2014). Thirty-threeClass 2 seats in the 100-member United States Senate were up for election, in addition to three Class 3 seats due to expire on January 3, 2017.. The candidates winning the regular elections will serve six-year terms from January 3, 2015 to January 3, 2021. The elections marked 100 years of direct elections of U.S. Senators. Twenty-one of the open seats were held by the Democratic Party, while fifteen were held by the Republican Party. The Republicans regained the majority of the Senate in the 114th Congress, which started in January 2015; the Republicans had not controlled the Senate since January 2007. They had needed a net gain of at least six seats to obtain a majority. They successfully held all of their seats, and gained nine Democratic-held seats. Five incumbent Democratic senators were unseated: Mark Begichof Alaska, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Kay Hagan of North Carolina, Mark Udall of Colorado, and Mark Pryor of Arkansas. The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 4, 2014. Elections were held in the United States on November 4, 2014 for all 435 seats of the House of Representatives, representing the 50 states. Elections were also held for the non-voting delegates from the District of Columbia and four of the five territories. The winners of these elections are serving in the 114th United States Congress, with seats apportioned among the states based on the 2010 United States Census. The Republicans won 16 seats from Democrats, while three Republican-held seats turned Democratic. The Republicans achieved their largest majority in the House since 1928.[2] Combined with the Republican gains made in 2010, the total number of Democratic-held House seats lost under Barack Obama's presidency in midterm elections rose to 77 with these elections. This marked the highest number of House seats lost under a two-term president of the same party since Harry S. Truman.[3] With 36.4 percent of eligible voters voting, the voter turnout was the lowest since the1942 elections.[4] In October 2015, Speaker of the House John Boehner resigned his position and was replaced by Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.
the country voted them in to stand up to the progressive pre fascist agenda of the left. We don't want the country to broken down more than it already has been. If the republicans don't stand up they will see seat loss. If they do stand up they will see gains. This fear of a shutdown is part of the establishment kabuki. The people who voted the Rs were fine with a shutdown and we demand they show backbone on this issue.
"Former U.S. senator changes his position regarding the judicial confirmation process..." With the tables turned, Obama now 'regrets' his 2006 Alito filibuster http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...6-alito-filibuster-white-house-says/80514152/ It's prefectly OK when Obama does not let the President's selection for a Supreme Court Justice get voted on. Welcome to the twisted world of liberals.
That's deep psycho talking there. If anything supports "pre fascism" (lol), it's union busting and tax cuts for the wealthy.
According to the article Obama had misgivings at the time. "There is a difference between the president's symbolic vote against President Bush's Supreme Court nominee and Republicans' reflexive opposition to the idea of President Obama even nominating anybody to the Supreme Court," Earnest said. "What Republicans are advocating is wrong and is inconsistent with the requirements of the Constitution, primarily because the wording of the Constitution is unambiguous and does not provide an exception for election years."
so what does it say about the timing of the hearings? It's add you all of sudden your team cares about what a "living" documents says... but... OK... what does it say exactly regarding the timing?
I am fine with private unions but anti most govt workers unions. Pre facism is where the progressive agenda is progressing too. There is not substantive difference between where socialism progresses to and where facism was from the stand point of liberty. Moa, Lenin or Hitler, Iron Curtain Soviet Union... when I think about it the Germans may have had more freedom under facism. In short you just can't trust a growing govt.
And so we have banana republics and death squads on the other side. You're blowing smoke out of your butt, there are living examples of democratic socialism in the world today. "First they came for the socialists, but I did nothing..." --a favorite quote of yours.
I believe you got the quote wrong. It is more along the lines of "First they came for the socialists, and I stood cheering with my fellow ET P&R brethren." Or as we like to call it - "the first week of the Trump presidency".