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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
I almost feel bad for Garland because this seems like a terrible time and political environment to get nominated into.
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It's basically his last shot at the job since he's older then is norm for nominees and a "fresh" presidency will spend the political capital to get a liberal/conservative judge nominated rather then a centrist.
So don't feel to bad for him as it's basically now or never.
Really though the Republicans should just confirm him. Obama has just offered up a moderate, former prosecutor, old white guy with bipartisan appeal and a chance to dispel the narrative that they're obstructionist A-holes. That's a good deal. Doubly so when you can make a large wager that a Clinton nominee in year one will be both younger and more liberal and a *Shudder* Trump nominee would be who the heck knows.