The republicans have so refined the art of saying NO! to virtually everything, regardless of its content, they're actually "NO! ing" weeks in advance! Before a short list is even announced.
Imagine having the past and present "NO EFFING WAY"s in the can and put away so effectively, you can actually start "NO!"ing things that haven't even happened yet!
GOP Begins Laying Out Campaign Against Obama's Court Pick
The framework of the forthcoming battle over Barack Obama's Supreme Court pick began to materialize on Sunday, as a range of Republican officials sent out trial-balloon criticisms of a pick that is likely weeks away from being announced.
Republicans made the talk rounds today and "sounded the alarm" pretty much in unison, barking out the prerequisite pander that Obama has a right to pick who he wants.
But at the end of the day, they left no question what they tact is going to be, and you and I both know - THROUGH EXPERIENCE - what their response is going to be.
NO!
Whomever it is will still get confirmed. (lol) But the republicans are guaranteed to provide the backbeat of "No. No. No, no, no, no, no..." throughout the process.
And you gotta hand it to them. If they're going to be the Party Of No they may as well be so good about it as to be weeks ahead of schedule!