To save the Supreme Court vote Trump over Clinton
Key Republicans say they won’t back  Donald Trump  if  he ’s the GOP nominee. That may make them feel good — and seem principled. But from a practical standpoint  it makes no sense. Not when the next president will choose one or possibly more justices for the Supreme Court.
Yes  everyone’s entitled to have a favorite candidate and support him to the hilt. Mine was not Donald Trump.
Put it this way: Will conservatives  such as the great Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.)  or former RNC spokesman Doug Heye  or great contributors to the conservative movement such as Bill Kristol and Erik Erikson be better off with a Scalia replacement appointed by Hillary Clinton? Or one appointed by  Donald Trump ? Yet all of them are vowing not to back  Trump  if  he  becomes the GOP nominee.
Before Scalia’s death   Trump  publicly said  he ’d tap justices in the mold of Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia.  He  even mentioned great nominees like current 11th Circuit Judge William Pryor and 7th Circuit Judge Diane Sykes.
Yet not supporting  Trump  would guarantee Clinton the power to make those appointments  and you can be sure her nominations short-list will not include Pryor or Sykes.
Key Republicans say they won’t back  [TGT]if  [TGT] ’s the GOP nominee. That may make them feel good — and seem principled. But from a practical standpoint  it makes no sense. Not when the next president will choose one or possibly more justices for the Supreme Court.
Yes  everyone’s entitled to have a favorite candidate and support him to the hilt. Mine was not [TGT].
Put it this way: Will conservatives  such as the great Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.)  or former RNC spokesman Doug Heye  or great contributors to the conservative movement such as Bill Kristol and Erik Erikson be better off with a Scalia replacement appointed by Hillary Clinton? Or one appointed by  [TGT] ? Yet all of them are vowing not to back  [TGT]  if [TGT][TGT]  becomes the GOP nominee.
Before Scalia’s death   [TGT]publicly said  he ’d tap justices in the mold of Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia.  He  even mentioned great nominees like current 11th Circuit Judge William Pryor and 7th Circuit Judge Diane Sykes.
Yet not supporting  [TGT]would guarantee Clinton the power to make those appointments  and you can be sure [TGT] nominations short-list will not include Pryor or Sykes.