Roberts gave us Obamacare. The man is human garbage. Not worth it
I don't want to see him in there either, but for my own reasons, the opposite of yours.
HOWEVER, this was planned, Trump was in on it....otherwise you'd see Trump tweeting about Gorsuch's comments....guaranteed Gorsuch was ADVISED to give those type of comments, by the Trump team trying to get his nomination through, or Trump himself, to come off independent (as all Justices should be) and not tied to Trump with strings...so he could get at least a handful of Democrats to vote for him...and not have to blow up the Senate with the nuclear option....Which R's really don't want to do with SC Justice nominees.
yeah, Trump decided to suck up to Democrats. You're really a vacuous air head
No, Trump wants his nominee to PRETEND like he is siding or as you say, sucking up TO the Democratic Senators....so that his nominee can get some of the Democratic Senators to vote for him, and Trump doesn't have to get the criticism that his nominees are so far out there and unqualified partisans, that he could not get a single Democratic Senator to vote for them....
Especially with the Supreme court Justice Nomination....Justices are SUPPOSE TO BE UNBIASED in every manner....and having a Justice put in that no one from the other party votes for them, makes it CLEAR AS DAY, that the Justice is probably not going to be... a truly just, justice.
And as I said, McConnell and all the other Senators DO NOT want to have to use the nuclear option...they believe Justices should be able to overcome the 60 votes, if they are truly qualified...R's WANT the 60 vote/cloture, to stop a Democratic nominee that they truly do not feel is qualified to be a Supreme Court Justice, WHICH IS A LIFETIME, YES LIFETIME, APPOINTMENT.
It's a game Kaz....a chess match, that is being played, in a usual manner, and expected manner, imo.