Elizabeth Warren Humiliates Mitch McConnell For Threat To Block Obama SCOTUS Nominee

[oberliner]

74. What I meant by the last paragraph

Was that some, but not all, Republicans have made this threat about how they do not even think Obama ought to nominate someone.
The point being: too bad for them because he will and has every right to do so. I could be wrong, but I think that if Obama picks someone with broad potential support (like Justice Kennedy) then the Republicans will back down and allow for a vote to take place. If he nominates someone more contentious, then I think it might be a different story.

I wonder: do you remember the Bork hearings? I do. The Democrats at the time did threaten to vote down any Conservative nominee that Reagan put up - and were particularly angered that he would choose someone as egregious as Bork. The fight was intense and the result was that Bork was voted down.

Kennedy was only nominated after Reagan realized that he needed to choose someone more moderate or else he would not be able to get anyone confirmed - thus, the easy confirmation process.

But I think it is important to remember that easy confirmation process came after a very contentious that resulted in Reagan's preferred choice being denied (and quite rightfully so).