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AAA300 said:
JWeinCom said:

The longest it has ever taken to appoint a justice is four months.  If you're ok with one party hijacking the political process to further their agenda, then ok I guess.

Hijacking can be spun both ways. But the way I see it the people have spoken since the last election and voted for Republicans to take over the house and senate. So if Obama with his short time left trys to put a way left judge for a appointment the Senate should block it as the people have voted the last election to go in a different direction. I doubt he'll try to meet half way with this appointment.

And you'd think given the American public voting the House and Senate to a Republican majority, that the House and Senate's approval ratings would've gone up...and yet...they're at what, ~13%?  And...the President?  47% as of early February.  Yes, the President's approval rating is nearly 4x that of the Republican controlled House and Senate.  Why spin things when there are actual numbers you can look at?  Spin doesn't help anyone. 

Let him nominate someone, debate the merits of the nominee, and leave the spin out of it.