According to records compiled by the Senate Judiciary Committee, it takes an average of 2-1/2 months for a nominee to reach a full vote in the Senate

there is NO reason, other than republican obstructionism, that this can't be done well before the election.

If not longer.

Dems don't go for the hard ideologues that the Heritage Foundation tells Republican presidents to choose. Say three months from now, we'll have the hearings going on right as the two nomination races come to a down-to-the-wire conclusion.

I recall reading that in the past during other SC confirmation battles.

The purpose of the tradition is to give the senate time to study and vet the nominee and prepare for the hearings.

someone just said on tv that if its someone very well vetted, the process could move along quicker.

Saw FOX while I was out and they are pushing that idiotic idea.

Watching CNN they are saying Obama now ha the opportunity to swing the court.

but obama has brass ones. he is gonna push back. hard.

Knuckle Head McConnell just said they will not give Obama a vote on CNN

but they are gonna be pricks about this.

yes, obama has to play offense on this.

That being, Democratic spinelessness. Take your pick of either the Senate or the POTUS.

Who'll wear the silly hats? Who'll tell Clarence how to vote?

and we're laughing all the way to the Reichstag

nt

.... Why, just the coffin itself.......

is underscored. Hillary Clinton is the best qualified of either party.

No reason to wait 11 months.

of SCOTUS appointments. That will be a good thing

No one on this board should either.

You want to see unified Democrats, let them obstruct.

The stakes could not be higher.

And there are many who would disagree with you on your choice, so let's just set that aside and focus on what our current POTUS has to do.

appointments. They may not even take up a vote on them.

People will not like that at all.

Plus, the GOP knows that they are in very big trouble in November with their hold in the Senate.

They are screwed on this, truly screwed.

Obama is holding all the cards on this one. And he is going to know that, if he has any sense at all.

The American public will eat it up. It's not like their favorables can go lower.

They cannot afford to do that in an election year. That would utterly piss off the Dems and give us a huge campaign issue, driving voter turn out up. That's the last thing they want.

Plus, the GOP knows that their hold on the Senate for January is in real danger, almost non-existent.

The GOP is fucked on this. Truly fucked.

Wait until blowhard Rush Limbaugh gets to working his pipes on hate radio.

The Democratic nominee, you pick which one, will be all over them on this. It would be a huge campaign issue. One party is blocking a president's Constitutional obligation simply because they want to deprive him of it.

Right, that will really work out for them. Not!

And don't forget that the GOP very likely loses the Senate this year. The numbers just work out that way. They are kind of screwed.

Obama maybe gets the appointment if a Democrat wins the election (he'll likely nominate a moderate).

obama can get appointment through...he's good at doing impossible things

Fuck Scalia. He voted to uphold sodomy laws, expanded police powers, intrusive government surveillance, sexual discrimination in employment. I sure as hell won't miss him.

Senator Mike Lee (R) of the Senate Judiciary committee just tweeted "What is less than zero?? The chances of Obama successfully appointing a Supreme Court Justice to replace Scalia."