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Originally Posted by Parallex
In non-horse races US political news SCOTUS nom expected today... sources say it'll be Merrick Garland. 63 year old judge from Washington.
Seems pretty clear that Obama is nominating the guy that the republican senate will have to take a major gamble on rejecting (because he's both older/less liberal then most alternatives and because to reject such a obvious consensus type candidate, that has received senate confirmation in the past, will play into the narrative that the GOP controlled congress is overly obstructionist).
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It will be interesting to see how the GOP responds. I almost feel bad for Garland because this seems like a terrible time and political environment to get nominated into.