main stream media choose ignore facts many statements make key senators obama biden past regard supreme court confirmations election year key players cry racism partisanship staunch defenders confirm supreme court nominee election year please spread important information around americans see hypocrites men politics power five highest-ranking democrats nation staunchly defend senate constitutional role supreme court confirmation process least now.now president obama vice president joe biden senate minority leader harry reid senate democratic conference vice chairman chuck schumer senate judiciary committee rank member patrick leahy suddenly ignore constitutional role senate mandate supreme court confirmation process.president obama demand rush confirmation eventual nominee along vice president biden senators reid schumer leahy ignore constitution also historic precedent since least 1880 stand firmly side give american people voice choose next supreme court justice vacancy arise presidential election year.but let look men say senate face confirm supreme court nominees election year historic precedent favor delay confirmation next officeholder middle president term office .president obama then-senator obama actually vote justice alito confirmation supreme court take lead role attempt filibuster nomination something white house mysteriously say regret regret hardly word describe position time eloquently describe view significant role play senate supreme court confirmation process would appear president obama one believe president election complete authority appoint nominee senate role merely rubber stamp though position change believe word constitution have.vice president joe biden then-senator biden chair senate judiciary committee nearly invent filibuster supreme court nominees create concept borking nominee prevent president reagan pick judge robert bork confirm bench then-senator biden proclaim framers clearly intend senate serve check president guarantee independence judiciary mr. biden say august 1987 defense newfound opposition judge bork senate undisputed right consider judicial philosophy mr. biden leadership hold nominations nation appeal court also become routine exercise 1988 senate judiciary committee delay 17 months refuse confirm law professor scholar bernard siegan ninth circuit court appeal libertarian position economic issues. 1992 64 judicial nominees stick senatorial muck wait judiciary committee give yea nay.a judicial obstructionist legend mostly forget today mainstream media.in 2005 senator biden explain philosophy length core filibuster stop nominee bill compromise moderation nuclear option extinguish power independents moderate senate do moderate important need get 60 vote satisfy cloture much less need 50 vote let set historical record straight never senate provide certainty 51 vote could put someone bench pass legislation year late senator biden quip think filibuster make sense prospect actually succeed justice alito nomination come committee declare really believe reapportionment questionable decision clearly clearly find lot people include will whatever keep court would include filibuster need senate minority leader harry reid senate majority leader reid slash much senate historic role confirm judge invoke nuclear option remove filibuster confirmation process many judgeships notably supreme court.of course senator reid leader political partisanship flip-flop judicial confirmation process anyone else senate lead filibuster president bush nominee circuit court judgeship miguel estrada vehemently oppose nuclear option invoke nuclear option remove filibuster party take senate white house.but one thing senator reid say stand judicial nominations important senate constitutional role best move slowly confirmation process regard constitutionally prescribe advice consent supreme court nominations chide senate enact senate democrat conference vice chairman chuck schumersenator schumer one outspoken promoters senate power nomination process take position extreme.in 2007 declare senate confirm bush supreme court nominee except extraordinary circumstances continue reverse presumption confirmation supreme court dangerously balance afford see justice stevens replace another roberts justice ginsburg another alito course quickly abandon position week.senate judiciary committee rank member patrick leahy senator leahy probably clear supporter historic precedent supreme court justices confirm election year.december 2006 thurmond rule memory strom thurmond put republicans minority say presidential election year spring judge would go except consent republican democratic leaders want bipartisan institute thurmond rule yes read red state bust guess defend senate role supreme court confirmations…until