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Originally Posted by BoLevi
I tink the vacancy occurred in early 1987 if memory serves. Election was in 88.
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Nomination was submitted on November 30, 1987. Election was November 3, 1988. So still within an election year.
In any event, you posted this:
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It's very uncommon for a senate to confirm the nomination when the president is from another party. I think the last time was in the 19th century or something like that. Obama was playing a political game with the nomination, just like the GOP played a game by ignoring it.
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Even accepting your clarification, you clearly had no basis to post that Obama was "playing games". It is obviously "uncommon for a senate to confirm the nomination when the president is from another party in an election year" because those circumstances have only arisen maybe once or twice in the entire history of the United States.
Also, neither you nor the Republican Party have offered any sort of principled argument why the rules/norms should be different during an election year when the Senate and Presidency are controlled by different parties? As we've seen, a Senate controlled by an opposition party has routinely confirmed Supreme Court nominees.