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Hearings for the Supreme Court vacancy could be a boon to Ted Cruz's presidential aspirations. But if he doesn't win the nomination he should resign from the Senate and become the next Supreme Court justice....
There will be confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Obama's appointment. Mitch McConnell hoped to avoid them, but Grassley is the chairman, and he'll have hearings.
The main reason McConnell is against the idea is that these hearings will be the focus of national attention, rivaling the campaign for president in media coverage. The stakes on a judicial appointment have never been this high in our history. The Supreme Court has evolved into a high-level political battleground, with Scalia's successor holding the balance of power – not only on the court, but, in a sense, for the country.
Joe Biden wanted to run for president in 1987, and he used his post as chair of Senate Judiciary committee to launch full-scale war on Robert Bork. He succeeded in killing Bork's Supreme Court appointment. (That's how we wound up with Justice Kennedy.) He naturally overestimated the good that it had done him politically, but there's no doubt it gave a boost to his campaign for president.
Of the ten Republicans on Senate Judiciary, none holds a candle to Ted Cruz in the ability to use these hearings as an opportunity to demonstrate to the American people the importance of this appointment. Nobody on the left is in the same league as Cruz. Regardless of who is appointed, Cruz will slice him to pieces.
This is the Ted Cruz that Mitch McConnell doesn't want the country to see. And he's right, of course. This has the potential of giving Cruz the nomination. If he's already secured the nomination, it could win him the general.
Read more: Blog: A Supreme Court strategy for Ted Cruz
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There will be confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Obama's appointment. Mitch McConnell hoped to avoid them, but Grassley is the chairman, and he'll have hearings.
The main reason McConnell is against the idea is that these hearings will be the focus of national attention, rivaling the campaign for president in media coverage. The stakes on a judicial appointment have never been this high in our history. The Supreme Court has evolved into a high-level political battleground, with Scalia's successor holding the balance of power – not only on the court, but, in a sense, for the country.
Joe Biden wanted to run for president in 1987, and he used his post as chair of Senate Judiciary committee to launch full-scale war on Robert Bork. He succeeded in killing Bork's Supreme Court appointment. (That's how we wound up with Justice Kennedy.) He naturally overestimated the good that it had done him politically, but there's no doubt it gave a boost to his campaign for president.
Of the ten Republicans on Senate Judiciary, none holds a candle to Ted Cruz in the ability to use these hearings as an opportunity to demonstrate to the American people the importance of this appointment. Nobody on the left is in the same league as Cruz. Regardless of who is appointed, Cruz will slice him to pieces.
This is the Ted Cruz that Mitch McConnell doesn't want the country to see. And he's right, of course. This has the potential of giving Cruz the nomination. If he's already secured the nomination, it could win him the general.
Read more: Blog: A Supreme Court strategy for Ted Cruz
Follow us: @AmericanThinker on Twitter | AmericanThinker on Facebook
