Sen. Graham: Obama's Supreme Court pick needs to be a 'consensus' choice

Politico ^ | 3/13/15

[DeathBeforeDishonor1]

Before the GOP debate in Greenville, S.C. Saturday night, Sen. Lindsey Graham said the only way President Obama could get a Supreme Court nominee approved by the Senate would be to put forward a consensus choice. “No one will be appointed who isn’t a consensus choice," Graham said. "Now can the president find someone who 90 percent of us will agree upon? Maybe someone like Orrin Hatch." Graham, who threw his support behind Jeb Bush days after ending his own presidential bid, framed the question of Scalia's replacement around the issue of electability, asserting that the anti-establishment candidates who have had the most success early on in the GOP nomination fight aren't likely to yield a justice in the mold of Scalia. “Donald Trump’s not a conservative, so I don’t trust him to pick a judge," Graham said. "Everybody else on stage would pick somebody in the same mold, I think. Everybody other than Donald Trump I would have confidence would pick a Supreme Court justice nominee that I would vote for. Here’s the problem: I don’t think Ted Cruz or Donald Trump can win an election. I don’t think Ted Cruz has a snowball’s chance in hell of getting 270 electoral votes. “If we lose the election, Hillary Clinton’s going to pick somebody who I wouldn’t pick. I’m telling every conservative now: don’t expect to lose the election and still get your way.”

[Ozymandias Ghost]

“Consensus” means that both the GOP-e cheap labor express and the Dems amnesty/open borderers realize they have a common interest in selecting a Justice who will solidify their positions. They both fear Trump and Cruz enough to make a deal. This is a clear and present danger to the Republic.

[Solson]

PREDICTION: Obama will nominate Sri Srinivasan and will make a recess appointment. Next year, he will assume a permanent seat on a “consensus” vote and officially be the next Justice on the Supreme Court.

[sarge83]

Linda is telling his master in the presidential palace ignore Cruz and conservatives, it’s business as usual, wink-wink

[willk]

Any useful idiots that vote to approve an Obama pick should be guaranteed to be removed.

[BlackElk]

Your second sentence is probably quite literally true.