Supreme Court Opportunity

[Sons to Glory!]

With Ginsburg's passing, it looks like we may be in for a another round of polarizing partisanship. Trump is evidently moving forward with a nomination before election and the dem's heads are about to explode. Top GOP people are on the record of being against Obama nominating a Supreme Court nominee during an election year, and here we are 6 weeks away from election. However, rightwing pundits are already saying, "Don't you think the Democrats would be pushing to get their choice on the court if the situation was reversed!?" McConnell has a small majority to do it, but some Republican Senators are saying they won't go for it with only 6 weeks before the election.

This one surely has the potential to be really nasty and divide everyone even more . . .

Here's an idea: What if we just tried to out-nice each other? So what if Trump would come out and say, "There's been enough nastiness in American politics and someone has to take a stand to reverse the course we're on. Therefore I am standing down, and let's let the American voters decide which way they want the court to go in November. Hopefully, this will be a first step back toward civility in politics."? If he did that, he would be taking the long view and probably gain a lot of respect and votes! I suspect some middle of the road voters would be swayed, plus it would galvanize conservative voters (but probably also liberal voters).

However, of course, I think the chances of him doing that are probably slim to none . . .