The Democratic Senators need to kick and scream, and fight this nomination every step of the way. It isn’t over until the fat lady sings…and I haven’t heard her warm up yet.

Truman is correct. Elections do have consequences. The 2-3 million Dems across the swing states who chose not to vote in 2016 have given us those consequences, and they need to learn their lesson, lest further damage be inflicted. My hope is that they have learned it – particularly from watching the genuine shock reaction we saw across the country when Trump squeaked through.

That said, there is one chance to address the SC situation, and that is to make sure that Dem voters in all states possible vote in the Senate contests. While the House races are gerrymandered (and we just saw that North Carolina will continue using a district pattern that’s been expressly forbidden in court), the Senate races can’t be manipulated. If the Dems can hold their seats and pick up 2, the Dems will have a chance to replace Clarence Thomas, which would swing the majority on the court to the other side. If the Dems don’t put their efforts into the Senate, then Thomas will undoubtedly step down in 2019 and be replaced by a 40-45 year old equivalent, and THAT would be it for the next 30 years.

The Right Wing is happily gloating about this situation, as we knew they would, and they’ll be happily gloating with each major 5-4 ruling we see from the new edition of the SC – particularly when they overturn Roe within the next two years in a series of rulings that first strip it of meaning and then completely reverse it. But at the least this will prove to some commentators that it really does matter who gets elected, since we kept hearing from those people that the GOP would never seriously try to overturn Roe or do anything that extreme with the Supreme Court. I think we can say that argument has been put to bed.

Truman, I’m so tired of the cliché ‘elections have consequences’. Because I voted and now I’m bracing myself for absolute hell. We can blue wave for the next 30 years (probably more) and it won’t matter. SCOTUS is set. It’s a far right nightmare which will be shoving stuff down America’s throat long after I’m dead.

Elections have consequences. The SCOTUS nomination of this right-wing ideologue is one of those consequences. For those Democrats who sat home in November 2016 and didn’t vote for Hillary, you have now insured an ultra-conservative court for the next decade or two.

Sorry but I think I’ll skip this. So depressing.

I think the Dems should just up and walk out.

Sadly, however, I doubt this will make a difference.

There are protesters shouting and disrupting, too.

Chairman Grassley seems taken aback.

I have to say I’m pleasantly surprised by Democrats’ breaking the decorum and refusing to shut up.