[Maritime Q-Scout]

Originally Posted by BoLevi

I've been consistent all along: the GOP is not living up to their rhetoric from 2016. No doubt.

The claim that I am making (with a lot of mental gymnastics as the only response), is that the Democrats were fine in concept with an election year nomination in 2016, and now they are NOT fine with an election year nomination.

2016: fine with the concept
2020: not fine with the concept.

I'm not sure such a simple statement of fact is particularly controversial. And recognizing it seems to be the opposite of obtuse.

Originally Posted by BoLevi

Not really. I think Garland was, by far, the longest nominee without a confirmation vote.

It's very uncommon for a senate to confirm the nomination when the president is from another party. I think the last time was in the 19th century or something like that. Obama was playing a political game with the nomination, just like the GOP played a game by ignoring it. I don't think either side thought that Trump would win at that point.

That's why comparing 2016 to today is a bit misguided, as it was a fundamentally different situation. History has shown that the parties will behave basically the same as each other when they are faced with either situation.