What is the right political play in replacing Antonin Scalia?

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2. But why go a safe vote, if Republicans are going to block anyone?

That is pretty much where my head is at the moment. I feel Republicans are going to try and block anyone from being appointed because they want to replace Scalia with another Scalia--or as close to it as they can get. So, I think we have to see it as a negotiation. In a negotiation, your first offer is always going to be rejected, meaning that at some point you are going to have to compromise and move a little bit in the other direction. This means future nominations after the initial nomination are always going to move further and further to the right. This is why he should nominate someone on the far left, this means someone like Senator Klobuchar then becomes more of a "compromise" candidate.

I'm mostly curious here on strategy and tactics--how should Obama game out this nomination?