This is a mistake. The message needs to be very simple. The american people will be de facto appointing the next supreme court justice in november and there will be no compromise by republicans on this crucial duty of democracy. Therefore we will take no action to advance any nominee for the position forwarded to us by obama in any way.
Any other approach leaves us open to political attack that we are only refusing to approve a nominee because she’s a female or a black or a mexican or a transgender or an asian or whatever. Make our position very clear right now, before there is even a nominee, that it doesn’t matter who or what obama suggests, it’s simply not happening till the next president.
Bravo and thank you.
I was tempted to agree with many others on this thread about at least holding hearings, if only for exposing the prior partisan actions of the nominee and thus their lack of qualification for the bench.
Your words, however, reminded me that politics is a blood sport, not a gentleman's sparring contest. (If only there were more street fighters in the R ranks.)
Not only that, it describes a great political position to hold when the D's and the MSM try to intimidate the fragile R leadership into taking action. It reminds one somewhat of the Contract with America.