[Magdalen] R.I.P. Justice Scalia

[Grace Cangialosi]

I think you've got it exactly right, Eleanor. They've been holding up all kinds of presidential appointments, sometimes for years. Judges, even the Surgeon General and the Attorney General. And they don't even pretend that it's a question of competence or suitability for the job.

> On Feb 13, 2016, at 5:47 PM, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 5:43 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
>> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Bearing that in mind would Senator McConnell want to block a SCOTUS
>> nominee this side of the election and risk further criticism of failure to
>> take their responsibilities seriously?  Will the electorate approve of
>> systematic blocking of the machinery of government?  Blocking the
>> nomination of a reasonably well-qualified candidate would seem to be a
>> high-risk approach.
> Blocking the machinery of government is the policy of the Tea Party.  My
> guess is that the Republicans might block a nomination until after the
> November elections.
> 
> Eleanor