# Fascinating article- why politics is so insane lately.

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**Created:** [June 29, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinating-article-why-politics-is-so-insane-lately/758720 "2016-06-29T16:41:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinating-article-why-politics-is-so-insane-lately/758720/71 "2016-07-07T05:30:54Z")

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> [@adaher](#):
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> But it’s fair play for Democrats to return the favor. I’d be disappointed if they didn’t.

So if this trend continues, we could very easily end up with a situation in which no presidential nominees ever get hearings if the opposing party controls the Senate.

As I indicated a few posts back, this could soon result in the Supreme Court being unable to muster a quorum, not to mention all of the other unfilled presidential appointments. This doesn’t seem like a great situation to look forward to, and is one more example of how our entire political process seems to be grinding to a halt.

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