I for one happily slogged through The Tudors, and still didn’t make the connection that the Duke of Suffolk is Superman.

Jez had an article a few weeks back on the same thing happening at a biotech conference.

If Kelly actually paid attention to others, Donald would be whining that she’s ignoring him.

I is sorry :(

Your comment suggests that we have not come that far at all.

I think that’s because Garland is the kind of nominee who values precedent, even if he doesn’t agree with them. I could see him supporting further restrictions on campaign finance as a means to limit the effects of Citizens United. I certainly wouldn’t call him “center right.” But I think that this discussion shows…

It’s possible, though usually POTUS will nominate someone else if the Senate looks like they’ll never confirm.

Hatch and Graham both voted for Garland’s confirmation in the past. Those were the days...

I think most gamblers would put the money on Clinton in a Clinton v. Trump match-up, but Trump is unpredictable. And with a SCOTUS seat up in the air, just enough GOP voters might vote for Trump even if they despite him.

The Senate could stall on the nomination well past the election, but then decide to vote on Garland when Obama is actually in the lame-duck phase of the presidency. This is actually what some GOP Senators are claiming they plan to do.

You’d still need a nominee that gets advice and consent from the Senate, which is unlikely if the nominee is too far to the left.

It may depend on Senate elections this year. If the Senate composition is pretty much the same, then stick with Garland. He’s a moderate whose decisions are less about his political views and more about his belief that judiciary should defer to executive in interpreting vague statutory language. Good for a Dem White…

Meanwhile, the GOP’s like “Garland’s fine and we’ll probably ok with him as soon as Clinton is elected POTUS kthxbai.” :|

I totally did not know that people claimed the Irish were slaves (being part-Irish meself, most likely of indentured servant stock). I also approve of Pictorial taking up not just cool paintings, photos, designs, etc., but also historic issues in general.

Harsh but fair.

Yeah, Trump says anything he wants, and Republicans will vote for him. I just hope that enough right-leaning moderates stay home to keep him out of the White House if he (or Cruz) is the nominee.

He also just said this of Cruz while endorsing him:

I think Trump is a different than prior candidates tho.

I expect them to stand up against Trump. As bad as the GOP has been (and yes it’s all their fault for dog-whistling thru-out Obama’s two terms), Trump is just all sorts of wrong. And while he’s the clear frontrunner, he doesn’t always win majorities in the Republican primaries (which tend to attract extremists in the…

Hey now, let’s not get too ahead of ourselves! (But yeah, he’s one of the least bad ones.)