Obama: No Excuse For GOP Not To Vote On A Court Nominee

[liberalnarb]

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) -- President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that Republicans have no constitutional grounds to refuse to vote on a Supreme Court nominee, and he challenged his political foes in the Senate to rise above the "venom and rancor" that has paralyzed judicial nominations.

As Obama cast the dispute over filling the seat of the late Justice Antonin Scalia as a test of whether the Senate could function, there were early signs that Republican resistance could be eroding. Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley suggested he might be open to considering Obama's yet-to-be named nominee, an indication his party may be sensitive to Democrats' escalating charges of unchecked obstructionism.
Obama was in California for a meeting of Southeast Asian leaders gathered for two days of diplomacy. But his attention was divided at that conference.

Since Scalia's unexpected death at a Texas ranch on Saturday, White House lawyers and advisers have been scrambling to refine and vet a list of potential replacements, while also devising a strategy to push a candidate through the Republican-led Senate.



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[Gore1FL]

1. I am guessing enough will come to their senses

It won't take many.

[Turbineguy]

2. "We are unable and unwilling to govern"

is not an excuse?

[lastlib]

3. you could've left off "...Not To Vote On A Court Nominee"

There is no excuse for the GOP. Period. They are evil, power-grabbing, dictatorial, tyrannical scum. Eff 'em.

[asiliveandbreathe]

4. SCRAMBLING??? to refine and vet - you

really think this admin waits for a last minute about anything...puleez....the process is in place, as it should be, the candidates know who they are..the refining and vetting...mearly a formality at this point....

One person, I am hearing along the fence post....I agree with, nominate.... himself..... of course he won't, but I like the thought...

Thank you, Mr. President, for all you do, against all ODDs and odds...