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Old 02-15-2016, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by BeamOn View Post
Let's say Obama does make an recess appointment. McConnell & Co. go berserk, challenge the constitutionality and the case goes to the Supreme Court. The newly appointed justice must be recused and the vote is a tie. This could get pretty ugly and totally disrupt the upcoming elections. We could be looking at a serious political divide unlike say, Obamacare. A single person or an entity can turn the country upside down.
I guess thats as good an excuse as any for Obama to fold with the winning hand he has been delt.
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