gdanaher wrote:As I see it, Garland is a centrist on many issues, the Republican party is imploding and the likelihood of the Party winning the general election is fading every week with all the fighting and hate. They are playing Russian Roulette here. If Clinton wins, and it looks possible, she can nominate someone to the left who is even less acceptable to Republicans and they will be confirmed. Right now, failure to even discuss the matter is fueling the public's view that the Senate is a useless, do nothing appendage.
I think right now the idea being, if no action is taken on this nominee, if (God Forbid) Hillary wins, the senate can then take up the nomination process with Garland which would be a better option than anyone HC would pick. The POTUS selection has no statute of limitations. at least that is my interpretation.