Your theory can only hold water, if one assumes that the Republicans in the Senate have also distanced themselves from traditional values. We might lose some Senate seats--particularly if the candidates try to run on the President's shrinking coat-tails, but we should still have enough to block such a nomination--keep it from ever coming to a vote. The Democrats have certainly illustrated how you do that.
However, it is still early. If you can persuade the President to acknowledge the error of some of his recent actions (as did Davy Crockett, long ago, in the events recounted in Sockdolager!) he can still win back many of our votes. If he keeps following Karl Rove away from the duties imposed by his oath of office, we simply cannot ethically do so. Sorry, but I took an oath to support the Constitution, and I have always interpreted that as imposing a duty on me, to anlayze candidates from the perspective of how seriously they take their own oaths. Both my oath, and their oaths, were before Almighty God, and had nothing to do with party affiliation. We cannot use that as an excuse to avoid the consequences of them.
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Well, that's interesting.
Reminds me of the claim that Hillary will have to face the tough questioning of the New York media in her Senate run.
Personally I think the media will tear apart anyone who obstructs Hillary's nomination.
With that in mine, I think Hillary might not only get the Chief Justice positition for life, but have the pleasure of seeing Senators who opposed her voted out of office.
Oh the pleasures we'll get from a Democrat president- especially one who has to make a deal with Hillary to win.