Early 2015 is still almost two years before Obama's second term is up. That's time enough.

Fighting pancreatic cancer is an uphill battle. I'm amazed she's still out there slogging away. My dad had it, and was lucky to last 10 months after diagnosis.

which we probably will.

Obama will have an even harder time getting a justice confirmed who's at least somewhat progressive.

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States in 2012

eventually, everyone dies. Even members of SCOTUS.

And if she hangs on to the bitter end, she'll be increasing the odds that her replacement will be appointed by a Rethug.

There are 21 Ds and 14 Rs up for election in 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections,_2014

She could easily wait till it's too late for Obama to replace her.

That should be obvious at this point.

BUT there will be a WW III confirmation battle if President Obama gets to replace Scalia, Thomas, or Kennedy...

won't want to pass either.

As much as Republicans are keen on obstructing, they know that filibustering a Supreme Court nominee for ideological reasons would force the hand of the Majority Leader to make rule changes. Reid is a spineless wimp in that department, of course, but the direction of the court for the next 2 decades is a big stake that even his hand would be forced.

but the Vichy Democrats have sold us out so many times.

its just that Democrats are too nice, they always want to be the Republicans buddy instead of treating them like the enemy...

Because, as a savvy Republican, we wanted to make sure that a Republican replaced him? Pretty shrewd!

She's not irreplaceable, and the longer she waits, the less likely we'll get someone decent in to replace her.

either that, or you are wrong by a magnitude of 10.

yeah, i GOT that.

I have no problem with you offering your opinion on RBG's ego. i am pointing out that you are making up your own facts and timeline.

but it does. It is hard to get 3 terms in a row for a party. In the early history you had the six terms from Jefferson through Monroe, but that was due as much to the collapse of the opposition party as it was to the success of the winning party. Then you have the Jackson - Van Buren era. After that it took until the post civil war era (Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur). Then the early 20th century (McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft). Finally Depression and WW2 (Roosevelt Truman). Nearly all of those periods resulted from the utter collapse of the opposing party, the opposing party being on the wrong side of civil war, FDR's singular charisma. Only the Reagan, Bush 12 year hold was a normal type thing. Counting on Obama being followed by a Democrat is risky.

of the position.

Lets hope Ginsburg has 20 years of service left in her, lives to be a healthy 108

And the SC GOP buddies have their frequent Koch funded lovely resort meetings under the global warming massive extreme weather lightning storms.

She loves being important, being followed around by the Secret Service, having the title and the perks. I have no respect for her. She has been a great Supreme Court Justice and the country is a better place for her service, but she needs to step down and allow President Obama to appoint someone who can serve and help shape the court for decades to come.

too man--LIBERAL or CONSERVATIVE have stayed on past their prime.

she should resign while the Senate and its committees are in Dem hands.