I recognized the politics are hard for them because the easier thing to do is to give in to the most extreme voices within their party and stand pat and do nothing.
Barack Obama: “I recognized the politics are hard for them because the easier thing to do is to give in to the most extreme voices…”
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Obama comments on the political challenges Senate Republicans face regarding his Supreme Court nomination.
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