I don’t disagree with the point you are making, but given Obama’s penchant for repeatedly “poking the Republicans in the eye”, with the media backing him, I don’t see him appointing someone who is a moderate, not even a slightly left-leaning one.

Scalia as a strict Constitutionalist. He did not try to twist the meaning and intent of what the founding fathers meant. He was also well aware of how they arrived at the Constitution by having read their papers and understood their position when putting together the Constitution. unlike a number of SC judges in…

A media biased heavily toward the Democrat party? I think not. You do realize that over 90% of the members of the media are registered Democrats. A democrat could murder someone and it would be a small sentence or two on page 15 of the paper. A republican could fart in church and it would make the front page of the…

You are assuming too much. Keep in mind the candidates for the President are going to have be bringing up the topic during the campaign. So whoever wins the presidency will also have some influence on the Senatorial races.

You also need to consider the case where a Republican gets elected President and the Democrats gain control of the Senate (51+ senators). Then the shoe is on the other foot and the Democrat senators would be rejecting the Republican nominee. Also, Harry Reid changed the ethics of the Senate when he allowed a majority…

I think you are missing something. Why would they confirm someone who is at the other end of the political spectrum? Once that person is confirmed, they are in the Supreme Court for life. It is not an elected office (only by proxy when you vote for president).