Posted on 02/15/2016 10:55:56 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Probably not. So he needs to decide how he wants to pressure Republicans. He has several options.
President Obama has promised to uphold his "constitutional responsibility" to nominate a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a conservative stalwart who died over the weekend. Now, he just needs to decide whether to try to soften Republican senators with the pick or make it a full-throated, election-year political statement.
Numerous Senate Republicans have already said they will not confirm a new Supreme Court justice before this fall's presidential elections. Given that the new appointment could tilt the court's balance of power from conservative to liberal for the first time in decades, there is little reason to think Republicans are bluffing.
"I don't see the Republicans just giving in and giving President Obama the opportunity to do that," says Mark Hurwitz, a political scientist at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo....
(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...
You are just a toady who came in taking a cheap shot.
You are not the one to post about classy, CodePinkWarrior.
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