I'm looking at how this is going. This is a disaster. Dems need to lay off critiquing Amy Coney Barrett AT ALL. She is a distraction. The issue is systemic. Dems need to make the hearings an indictment of the process, the system, laying the ground for expanding the court. 1/
In another situation, Barrett would be a fine nominee. She would be! In present circumstances, she represents a dangerous, destabilizing, activist lurch to the right. An SC packed with activists cannot expect its decisions to command legitimacy in the eyes of most voters. 2/
They will see what's behind the curtain. Namely, a minority of voters elect a majority of Senators. They in turn confirm only justices who will serve as ultra-partisan super-legislators to secure policy results conservatives could not hope to get democratic support for. 3/
Dems need to hammer on that and ONLY that. That is an absolutely winning argument. That argument that there is anything wrong enough with Barrett, personally, to be disqualifying is not just an objective loser - she's qualified! - it's one that will backfire badly. 4/
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