No President is going to let this drag out a year. This is a big, big deal. Plus, how in the world is a President Elect going to go about nominating a Justice without a staff, etc. It would be 18 months. And there are many things the new President needs to hit the ground running on.
Plus, I can see this whole thing tilting the Senate Elections and the Presidential Election. Justices aren't elected, but that is what the whole Election will be about.
The more I think about it, the more I hope Obama will get together with Senate leaders and submit a consensus candidate that can be confirmed with little contention from either side. And BEFORE the political party conventions this summer.
If Obama decides to submit someone who can't be confirmed, then it will be on him and this will not get done.
The more I think about it, the more I hope Obama will get together with Senate leaders and submit a consensus candidate that can be confirmed with little contention from either side. And BEFORE the political party conventions this summer.
Dear God, no. Just No!
That one paragraph encapsulates everything wrong with our side and how so much damage has been done to the Constitution and the United States in such a short period of time. God save us from the "compromisers". It's as if Lindsey Graham has a FReeper account! Scalia's body isn't even cold yet and the white flag of surrender is already being reached for.
We're facing the end of the republic here. Lead, follow or get out of the way.