Antonin Scalia dead at 79.

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Normchacho said:

JWeinCom said:

If they thin they're going tto lose the white house and the senate, then wouldn't it be better to do the appointment now?  If they lose the senate and the whitehouse, then Hilary or Bernie can push in whoever the hell they want.

My thinking is that they expect that giving Obama the win makes it more likely that they lose in November. Plus, if they delay and win, they get to put someone on the bench.

They could probably force Obama into some kind of compromise that wouldn't shift things too much.  I think that trying to block it would benefit the democrats.