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| Subject: GOP groups prepare to unload on Obama SCOTUS pick Fri Feb 26, 2016 10:21 pm | |
| Republicans and outside groups are preparing to inflict maximum political pain on whomever President Barack Obama nominates for the Supreme Court, already scouring through his short list hoping to dig up dirt that can be used in ad blitzes and political attacks.
America Rising, the party’s premier opposition research firm, has had a dozen staffers scrutinizing potential nominees for a week on behalf of the Judicial Crisis Network, a well-funded clearinghouse for the Supreme Court ad wars. American Crossroads' nonprofit arm is poised to use the matter in its campaign to keep the Senate in GOP hands. And the official Republican Party committees are looking for ways to reap political benefits at the ballot box.
Obama's pick, in short, will get all the drawbacks of heightened scrutiny that comes with the nomination, but with little chance of actually getting the job. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is vowing to stall until after the election no matter the choice, but Republicans are still going to treat the nominee's credentials as seriously as if he or she might actually get a vote.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/republican-groups-dirt-supreme-court-nominee-219872#ixzz41KpG0wVF
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