Explicitly refusing to answer a question is rarely smart or sustainable in politics.

Remember Elizabeth Warren and the question about private health insurance? She eventually answered it, and the delay hurt her.

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So the court-packing refusal feels like one of the few unforced errors that Biden and Harris have committed so far.

It’s not that hard for them to give an answer.

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E.g.: McConnell and Trump are the ones packing the court. McConnell took an unprecedented step in refusing to allow President Obama to fill a vacancy. Now they’re jamming through a nominee during a campaign. Until they stop, I won’t rule out anything. They need to stop.

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Substantively, that’s the same answer. But it’s not nearly as weak and shifty-sounding as the current approach of Biden and Harris.

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