Nominating a popular Hispanic Republican office holder, obviously one well to the left of Scalia but well to the right of the 4 Nazis, would be a shrewd move by Osama. Very shrewd. Put it in the mind of GOP Senators “what if Hillary wins, we’d wish we’d done it”.
Sandoval ought to decline consideration for the good of the party but I have an inkling he’d really love the job.
All Republicans on the Senate Jud. committee including wacko Lindsay Graham sent have a letter to McConnell that they will NOT hold hearings on an Obama nominee.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/02/23/us/politics/document-Senate-SCOTUS-Letter.html?_r=0
Seems they expect the GOP to stick to it’s guns, hence this idea.
Still, I didn't expect Sandoval, if the rumors are true. More likely, I'd expect Obama would find some federal judge appointed by one of the President Bush's, who was originally "Conservative" but has since become a loyal Democrat bootlicker.. e.g., the judicial equivalent of Ray LaThug or Scott McCollum.
FDR did something similar, he named one of the Coolidge associate justice appointees to be elevated to Chief Justice, and picked someone who had "evolved" into a reliable big government statist.
Interesting.
Grahmanesty was key in getting Obama’s judicial nominees through the Senate, voting for them to end a filibuster then against them in the final vote where Dems had the majority.
SC Republicans seem to love deceitful RINOS like him.
But even gay-boy Grahmanesty realizes that a Obama picked SCOTUS would make having a congress pointless.