Republicans Already Showing Weak Spines in Fight to Block Obama SCOTUS Nominee

Ever since Sen. Mitch McConnell said he and other GOP senators would block Obama from getting a SCOTUS nominee confirmed after the untimely death of Justice Antonin Scalia, I’ve been super skeptical, waiting for these spineless jellyfish to back down from their tough talk.

Well, it looks like that might be starting to happen.

From Washington Times:

“I expect them to hold hearings. I expect them to hold a vote,” Mr. Obama said at a press conference. “There’s no unwritten law that says it can only be done on off years.”

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, and others including presidential candidates Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida have vowed to block any Obama nominee, saying the next president should select Justice Scalia’s replacement.

Mr. Obama blasted that rationale.

“This is the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land,” the president said. “It’s the one court where we would expect elected officials to rise above day-to-day politics. I understand the stakes. I understand the pressure that Republican senators are undoubtedly under. This would be a deciding vote. But that’s not how the system is supposed to work.”

Even before Mr. Obama stated his case, there were signs that Republican unity was wavering on the notion of blocking any nominee out of hand.

SenateJudiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican, didn’t rule out confirmation hearings and a vote by his panel on an Obama selection.

“I would wait until the nominee is made before I would make any decision,” Mr. Grassley said Tuesday in a conference call with Iowa radio reporters. “In other words, take it a step at a time.”

That is a pretty pathetic answer from Grassley and leaves the door wide open for him to go either direction.

The fact the GOP can never stand united together on principle is why liberals have taken us to the woodshed so much over the last decade.

It’s time for true conservatives to completely take over the GOP and push the establishment out of Washington, one seat at a time.