This is a very important nomination because he is -- the president is now replacing Justice O'Connor, who has been a swing vote -- vote on many abortion cases -- he's replacing a moderate conservative with a strong conservative.
Gergen emphasizes the significance of Judge Roberts' nomination as it replaces a moderate swing vote with a strong conservative on the Supreme Court.
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I think this the very idea that in 2024, we may have two men running against each other Biden and Trump, who would both be in their 80s if elected, that it too is enough to say, well, what are we doing here?
This represents a very professional, thoughtful, first set of steps by Joe Biden.
Fifty million Americans or more out there believe that he is coming to office by fraud. It seems to me the Democratic Party has a strong interest in pushing back on that theory.
Maintaining the status quo with regard to the filibuster is unacceptable for him.
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