Also, who would he have chosen for a running mate? Fiorina? A woman would be a good pick against Hillary at any rate.
If he picked a woman then maybe that woman wins the 2020 nomination and we have back-to-back women Presidents.
Why didnāt trump have a female running mate?
couldnāt find one bangable enough for his liking?
Nah, either Dems get the Senate and Hillary nominates someone else like Sri^2 after Obama withdraws Garland post-election or Reps keep the Senate and leave the seat vacant as Mitch said he would (or until a conservative is nominated).
I think if Clinton won the election the Republicans could have quickly confirmed Garland during Obamaās lame duck period and would have on the assumption that Garland was better than whomever Clinton would nominate.
I mean, yeah maybe Obama withdraws Garland but if the Republicans confirm him before the withdrawal then itās done. They could have called an emergency session on election night, I believe. And if the polls showed Clinton ahead they might have dispensed with the shenanigans and confirmed him before the election.
And if you donāt think they would haveā¦ look no further than Bill Clintonās impeachment. They kept hemming & hawing about waiting until after the electionā¦ because they expected to make big gains. When they actually lost seats, the impeachment suddenly proceeded with incredible swiftness.
His campaign focused on a demographic where that would not have been viewed as a plusā¦ at best a neutral. Rubio or Bush would have run a more traditional campaign.
- Many senators arenāt in DC on election night
- They arenāt confirming someone to SCOTUS without a hearing
- Even if they did, they would need Dem senators voting to invoke cloture
- The alternative is killing the SCOTUS filibuster, which they arenāt doing for an opposite party
- As ridiculous as those are, it completely ignores that Obama could withdraw the minute he hears of a vote being called
Iām not saying they would have not wanted to, Iām saying they would not have had the opportunity.
They actually did that in April 2017. You think they were so principled in November 2016 that they wouldnāt have???
Kind of a giant FU to Garland, IMO. I think Obama wouldnāt have done that until at least the day after the electionā¦ if he did it at all.
Certainly not the week before the election just because Clinton was ahead.
No, just that they wouldnāt have done it for the opposite party, as I said, even if the alternative would be worse in their minds. But that still doesnāt matter becauseā¦
I never said the week before the election. You said if Hillary was winning on election night, and Iām saying even if all the senators teleported to the senate floor for an instant filibuster breaking vote on a nominee without a hearing, Obama would still have time to pour a drink and have a smoke before withdrawing the nomination, not as an FU to Garland, but to Mitch.
You continue to grasp at nonexistent straws, take the L and letās move on with your scenario: a decent VP pic for Rubio in ā16 who could beat Hillary in ā20 could be Nikki Haley.
Iām not grasping at straws but I do disagree with you. Happy to move on though.
Yeah, I thought of her too. That wouldāve been an interesting election.