Justice Scalia leaves opening

[cc]

Yes. It is wonky. Each state, based on population gets a number of delegates to represent it. So candidates are vying for delegates based on the % of the state's vote they get ... all to be added up at the end



Sad for the Bernie supporters, he is now in the lead nationally % of vote wise but his party has these ludicrous "insider" superdelagates who are chosen by insiders and added on to the delegates actually won. - it is designed to keep "a wrong person" out should the voters be so daring as to pick someone not on the inside



Of course most of those insider super delagates / part hacks  will on the big day vote for insider Hilary. So if Bernie should command a considerable majority of the voters, he will still lose and  there will be hell to pay. His supporters are invested emotionally to the extreme and won't take it lying down. It will get interesting if Bernie keeps winning and commands a majority of the public's votes ... and he may because his support has steadily grown and yesterday he took the countywide  lead

[RW]

Hillary can't win a presidential race though.



In the meantime, Obama has a Justice to find.

[Romero]

Pretty hypocritical coming from someone who posts as many articles as I do. Do you really expect me to rewrite those Republican statements for no reason? You would just take me for my word and not want a source?



You can criticise me again when you stop posting your own articles. I'm not the only one.



Bork was well known for wanting to roll back civil rights. Some Republicans voted against his nomination too.



Blocking a nomination isn't a surprise for both sides and isn't the issue in this case. It's unheard of to expect a President not to nominate, and unheard of to block a nomination without even knowing who it is.



The Republicans wouldn't be acting like this if it were a Republican President, would they?

You lying effeminate sack of excrement. Herm doesn't need Salon, HP, (Don't)ThinkPhaggots, TYEE, commondreams or all these other California financed bullshit leftist opinion rags to say what's on his fucking mind...you know, like a real fucking man does.  You should try using ur brain sometime you lazy little twerp.

You mean I should say what's on my mind as in the post of mine you quoted?  

[Anonymous]

^Wow, the lazy little effeminate cocksucker posted something without an editorial from HP in it. You must be just exhausted.

[Romero]

^Wow, the lazy little effeminate cocksucker posted something without an editorial from HP in it. You must be just exhausted.

You post articles without any personal comment all the time. Probably more than I do.

[Anonymous]

^Wow, the lazy little effeminate cocksucker posted something without an editorial from HP in it. You must be just exhausted.

You post articles without any personal comment all the time. Probably more than I do.

You do it ALL the time and like CC said what's the point of that.

[Renee]

That simply compounds the lunacy.



It becomes even more unbelievable as each day rolls by.



If I interpret correctly, the Right is saying to the President "Don't bother nominating, because even though we don't know who you will choose, we'll bounce him or her anyway, and they will feel rejected...not because they aren't a good Justice, but because he or she ain't right enough for us".

BINGO

What you guys are not aware of so can't allow is that BOTH parties are in the position that if they give an inch the other party will take advantage happily and allow no quarter in return



I'm not defending the practice, I'm just saying what it is.



if positions were reversed  we would see the same or worse.. ... . make that WHEN positions WERE reversed we SAW the same and  worse

I can see that plain as day.  It's ridiculous and counter productive.  Throw the media into the mix and you've got a huge mess.

Yeah but it will give you guys something to talk about for weeks.



Too bad your own political scene is like watching paint dry.

[Bricktop]

Yeah.



If only we had a corrupt, disproportionate, unrepresentative clown show like yours that throws up a delusional billionaire, a lying megalomaniac and a raging socialist as candidates for the highest office in the land.

[reel]

Yeah but it will give you guys something to talk about for weeks.



Too bad your own political scene is like watching paint dry.

I'm quite happy not to have a political scene that is an absolute spectacle.  I'll take well-reasoned, considerate, boring people to run things.  The clowns can stay at the circus.

[Anonymous]

I prefer some things about the American political system. Ballot initiatives, the separation of the executive and legislative branches for example. The vast sums of money it takes to run a successful campaign is obscene. That is much worse than the theatre of these primaries.

[Renee]

Yeah.



If only we had a corrupt, disproportionate, unrepresentative clown show like yours that throws up a delusional billionaire, a lying megalomaniac and a raging socialist as candidates for the highest office in the land.

Yeah keep playing musical prime ministers. What are you up to now, 3 in as many years? Going for 4 anytime soon?



I suppose I would actually know the answer to those questions if it was somehow of any consequence or better yet, worth giving a fuck.



BTW, you know you're a real bipolar asshole. Wow you're back on the shit list. Didn't even last 24 hours. :001_rolleyes:

[cc]

I had said gop does not have chosen rather than elected delegates



For Republicans, there are generally three unpledged delegates in each state, consisting of the state chairman and two RNC committee members. However, according to the RNC communications director Sean Spicer, convention rules obligate those RNC members to vote according to the result of primary elections held in their states.

Thus the vote is entirely representative of the vote of the people



So, it is still true that the gop voters dictate who all delegates support - whereas the proclaimed  "party of the people"  have 712 unpledged insider hacks who of course support insider hacks and totally circumvent the vote of the people. Because elected delegates are proportioned to the vote count, the loser of a state still gets many delegates  

meaning that even with landslide wins in all states it is virtually impossible for anyone other than an insider hack to win

[Anonymous]

I had said gop does not have chosen rather than elected delegates



For Republicans, there are generally three unpledged delegates in each state, consisting of the state chairman and two RNC committee members. However, according to the RNC communications director Sean Spicer, convention rules obligate those RNC members to vote according to the result of primary elections held in their states.

Thus the vote is entirely representative of the vote of the people



So, it is still true that the gop voters dictate who all delegates support - whereas the proclaimed  "party of the people"  have 712 unpledged insider hacks who of course support insider hacks and totally circumvent the vote of the people. Because elected delegates are proportioned to the vote count, the loser of a state still gets many delegates  

meaning that even with landslide wins in all states it is virtually impossible for anyone other than an insider hack to win

I lived in the states, but I did not know the two parties chose their leaders differently.

[Bricktop]

Yeah.



If only we had a corrupt, disproportionate, unrepresentative clown show like yours that throws up a delusional billionaire, a lying megalomaniac and a raging socialist as candidates for the highest office in the land.

Yeah keep playing musical prime ministers. What are you up to now, 3 in as many years? Going for 4 anytime soon?



I suppose I would actually know the answer to those questions if it was somehow of any consequence or better yet, worth giving a fuck.



BTW, you know you're a real bipolar asshole. Wow you're back on the shit list. Didn't even last 24 hours. :001_rolleyes:

Our Prime Ministers actually govern, unlike your President, who seems beholden to a rabble you call "congress".



And if they fuck up, out they go. Yours get re-elected. George W Bush? Bill Clinton? Richard Nixon?



And I do know I'm a bipolar asshole. Never been a secret. What's your point?



Are you suggesting I've never been OFF your shit list???



 ac_toofunny

[kiebers]

I suppose when it is all said and done they should just listen to Joe Biden....