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Republicans Lose If the Bullies Win
The party's radicals can't be appeased, even at the cost of conservative gains.
Is he still welcome?
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If there's one thing conservatives should know by now, it's that there's no appeasing the radicals in their midst. Yet not only do they continue to try; in some cases organizations formerly described as "conservative" have moved their firepower to the fringes.
Thus, Heritage Action -- the activist sister organization to the Heritage Foundation -- is pushing the view that Democratic presidents should never again be allowed to get a new Supreme Court justice confirmed. If that means keeping the current vacancy open for another four years, so be it.