1. The debate used to be focused on the level of liberalism of Obama's future candidates, but now it is over the obstructionism of Senate Republicans.
2. If the party's situation gets worse, Republicans may regret not letting in Obama's compromise candidate, who will be moderate compared to the nominee a very likely Democrat Senate will elect.
3. They can either maintain the party's strategy or allow for the nomination and face party disgrace.
4. It's pretty scary
5. There have been 3 vacancies during an election year, and an additional 2 from the previous year that were filled during election years.
6. Grassley claims that we have an 80-year tradition of not confirming Supreme Court appointments during election years. It's been 80 years since the Senate filled a seat that opened up on election years.
7. Democrats claim that as many as 14 nominees have been confirmed in election years in America's history. Only one, the appointment of Anthony Kennedy, occurred within the past 70 years.
8. The two appointees before Kennedy were both blocked by the then Democrat-controlled Senate.
9. The two parties, which have become more and more polarized, are working harder and harder to prevent nominations from going through.
10. None whatsoever, so it is possible for the Senate to wait until the next election.
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