thranx said:
"No... the people have not spoken. More democratic seats happened to be up that year (21 to 15) and fewer of the seats for democrats had incumbents. The seats up for reelection happened to be largely in the south, Less people tend to vote during election years. And of course, there are many factors that go into the senate races. "
You are saying the people have spoken in favor of dems. I am saying you need to look at the whole picture. More state governers are repubs now than before the presidential election, congress has more repubs now than before. So the people have spoken, after 8 years of Obama and dems, the people have realized they made a poor choice in leadership and will now rectify the lat reamining spot of dem power in the white house.
So in other words, Obama should not apoint the next supreme court justice, the next president should. It the right thing, and its what a president of character would do. But Obama is not a man of character so I am sure he will whine along with the left about it. I can only hope that the republicans in congress do what is right, but I have doubt in that too. Maybe the next wave to overtake the political scene will be the tea party movement. |
Yes, I'm saying people have spoken in the favor of democrats for the office of president, because we had a presidential election in 2012 and they voted in a democrat. Doing that granted Obama the power to appoint supreme court justices for 4 years.
State governors do not appoint supreme court justice. Nor do congressmen, or senators, or anyone else. The only contest that is in any way relevant to this discussion is the one where we elected a president, because that is the person who appoints supreme court justice.
A person of character would probably do their job. And according to the constitution, that job is to appoint justices to the supreme court. I don't see a valid reason for him not do his job according to the constitution.
Congressional seat changes, time left in office, and gubenatorial seats have never been a factor in whether or not the president has the right to appoint the justices, and it's kind of lulzy how people want to add asterisks because they don't happen to like the president.
