I would love for them to lift a finger to stop him from doing any of the awful shit he wants to do. But here we are with the narrative that it's almost certain he will, even though they're the ones in power now.
Obama deciding to spend exactly zero political capital, and the Dems not making Scalia’s seat the 2016 ballot question, was unforgivable. Told us everything we need to know about the party.
Let's not forget decades of Democrats thinking it would be unseemly partisan to oppose a GOP nominee. "What can we do? He's the president's choice." Bork was the last time they actually fought. With Thomas, they pulled punches by not letting more women testify. Rubber-stamping ever since.
they got suckered by a combination of the institutional rot that kept the same leadership in place for decades ("her turn") and the good polling she had as secretary of state, forgetting that Republicans had decades of ammo to draw on
sadly not sure what else could have been done re: garland
Garland was a kind of anti-nominee. Gave activists nothing to work with and had no chance. Just an Obama effort to get a Good Call from the Civility Refs.
