The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Opinion

Today’s Editors’ Choice

• Cal Thomas: Gorsuch and The Ghost of Harry Reid
• Stephen Moore: What Congress Can Learn From the Rhode Island Miracle
• Joe Bastardi: Elation and Frustration

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Opinion in Brief

Cal Thomas: “‘Power’ is defined as the ‘ability to do or act’ and having the ‘capability of doing or accomplishing something.’ As long as Republicans have the majority, they should consider using their power. They have the numbers so they have the ability. The question is, are they capable enough to confirm Gorsuch with little support from Democrats? Sometimes it appears Republicans are more concerned about negative press coverage, which they will get simply because they are Republicans, than about the wrath of voters. All politicians use power to advance their agenda. And now that Democrats are in the minority, they are using what little power they have, aided by their like-minded media colleagues, to stymie the Republican agenda. If the nuclear option is necessary to confirm Judge Gorsuch, Republican senators should use it. And they should keep it for all federal judges, just as Democrats did with President Obama’s nominees. This is what Democrats fear most, because with a clear conservative majority on the Supreme Court and more conservatives on lower courts they could no longer expect judges, rather than legislators, to advance their agenda and they would have to be accountable to voters. Sounds to me like a good option.”