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A Majority Of Americans Want The Supreme Court's Vacant Seat Filled This Year...

Rational Nation U S A Purveyor of Truth The very best thing the democratic party has going for it is the tone deafness of the republican party. With Trump as the party head it is almost certainly headed for a complete disaster. Americans Don’t Trust Trump on Supreme Court Vacancy; 65% Want Hearings A new national Public Policy Polling survey finds Americans don’t trust Donald Trump to nominate a new Supreme Court justice, and would much rather have that decision in the hands of either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton. Beyond that, there is growing support for filling the seat this year and failure to do so could result in strong backlash for Senate Republicans this fall. HIGHLIGHTS: 38% of voters nationally trust Trump to nominate a SCJ Only 57% of the GOP trust Trump to make selection 80% of democrats and a majority of independents don't trust Trump to make a selection Americans trust both Obama and Clinton over Trump, 53/37 for Obama and 52/37 for Clinton 29% o...

Republicans and the Tea Party Legacy...

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by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Purveyor of Truth “ Republicans in Congress love to say ‘no.’ Those are just facts, they’re facts of life. They say ‘no’ to everything .” Barrack Hussein Obama, President of the United States of America Well, when you look at just the facts it is true. For the most part republicans do say no to damn near everything. Even when it makes a modicum of sense to say yes. It is then only natural for rational individuals to consider that republicans have an agenda not necessarily related to what may be in the best interests of the nation. Something about the republican form of government, as well as our history, informs us that compromise for the purpose of arriving at the solution that is most representative of the will of the people was the intent of the founders. However, today a minority can hold our nation hostage to special interests whose aim are not necessarily in the best interests of our people and the nation. Republicans, once a respec...