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That's a personal perspective which you're entitled to. I want some checks on the power of the political party in charge. I have no doubts if the Democrats win the presidency and if they take control of the senate, the filibuster, the last rights of the minority will be swept away. Now if the nuclear option hadn't be used, the precedence set by ex-democratic senate major leader Harry Reid, I'd be fine with one party in complete control. The senate could do it job of slowing things down and forcing a compromise, be a moderating influence. But Reid decided to strip away minority party rights because he could.If the GOP keeps the Senate, it will behave like it did under Obama. Pass nothing, do nothing, and have shut downs. I want the government to work. I want the courts to be moderate. The courts are way too far right
If he hadn't, you would still need 60 votes for cloture. Any SCOTUS would have to be acceptable to a certain amount of the minority party. It was a moderating influence which I'm all for. The Democrats could have easily stopped whoever Trump wants to appoint to the SCOTUS now and could have stopped Kavanaugh. The fact they can't, you can blame Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer who stood besides Reid pushing him all the way to utilize the nuclear option. This predicament is of the Democrats own making.
Now, I don't want this country to swing wildly to the left, then wildly to the right, one party passing all it can, then when the other party gains control, repealing everything the first party did and then passing everything it can only to have it repealed once the first party regains control.
I don't think that's good for the country. I'm all for things good for the country, America as a whole, whether that is good or bad for a political party, I don't care about that. My vote reflects the reality of today. In order to have just an iota of a check on the party that holds the presidency, the other party must control the house and or the senate.