“Obama Eyes Court Pick With GOP Appeal,” read the headline in Feb. 19, 2016 Wall Street Journal.
President Obama, in his usual arrogant manner, called upon Congress to rise above ideology and partisanship to approve his nominee. Like the partisanship you observed by refusing to attend Antonin Scalia’s funeral, Mr. President?
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell better not cave on hearings to fill the Supreme Court vacancy. (reuters.com)
If ever there was a time when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell needed to stand strong and refuse to hold hearings for the president’s nominee to fill the Scalia vacancy, it is now.
He shouldn’t need to be reminded that most of the electorate is mad as hell with him and his fellow Republicans for failing to follow through on promises made that put them in the majority in 2012.
With the current antagonism toward so-called “establishment” incumbent Senators, and 24 Republican senators up for reelection in 2016, he should be wary of attempts for him to approve Supreme Court hearings during the remaining lame-duck Obama presidency.
Scalia once said, “I would not like to be replaced by someone who immediately sets out about undoing everything that I’ve tried to do for 25 years.” We owe it to him to make sure that doesn’t happen. And that, my friends, makes it more important that we elect a Republican to the presidency in November.
