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| Gorsuch nomination meets with positive reception |
| 2017-02-06 |
| [CNN] Americans' first impressions of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch tilt positive, and a plurality say the Senate ought to vote to confirm President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... 's selection to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. Overall, 49% say the Senate should vote to confirm Gorsuch, who is a federal judge. That's roughly the same share that said so about Samuel Alito in 2005 and Sonia Sotomayor in 2009 shortly after their nominations were announced. Support for Gorsuch is just a hair below that of former President Barack Obama Ready to Rule from Day One... 's selection for the same seat, Merrick Garland (52% supported a vote in favor), who did not receive a hearing or confirmation vote in the Senate. About half say Gorsuch's ideological position is about right (49%), less than said so about Garland (56%). About a third, 34%, say they think Gorsuch will be too conservative, higher than the share who said so of other successful GOP nominees Alito (29%), John Roberts (24%) or Clarence Thomas (20%). Overall, though, 39% say they have a positive first impression of Gorsuch, significantly higher than the 24% who say they have a negative impression of him. More, 45%, said they had a positive first impression of Garland after his pick was announced last year and 54% felt positively about Roberts after his announcement. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 This has nothing to do with anything. Senate Dems know that a filibuster will result in the nuclear option, and that they won't prevail on a straight vote. So why waste that fight on a nominee they won't beat anyway? Rumor is that Kennedy will retire in June, so save the big guns for that fight, which will be life or death for the Left. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2017-02-06 17:54 |
| #1 |
| Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2017-02-06 13:52 |