hours supreme court justice antonin scalia death confirm senate republicans threaten block nominee president barack obama might try fill scalia seat notably majority leader mitch mcconnell republican presidential candidate ted cruz speak president obligation nominate replacement.but every republican brainless one prominent goper verify monday interview cnn chris cuomo alberto gonzales attorney general george w. bush speak mcconnell gop throw support behind obama interview gonzales say know big debate go right whether obama nominate someone perspective work white house department justice question mind president unite state obligation fill vacancy gonzales continue give republicans not-so-subtle hint get hell obama way let elect suspect president obama go job job nominate hopefully qualify individual senate job eventually calendar bottom line perspective president job nominate qualify individual senate job assess whether person qualify lifetime appointment court base upon experience base upon ideology base upon integrity clearly disappoint circus party become gonzales level gop slam hypocrisy conservative colleagues try prevent obama seek nominee say shoe foot republican white house democratically control congress would expect republican president make nomination ready watch gonzales action one gop nominee-blocking tactics claim obama fill supreme court seat election year completely false scotusblog specifically say tradition leave supreme court seat vacant election year historical record reveal instance since least 1900 president fail nominate and/or senate fail confirm nominee presidential election year impend election whether senate republicans like obama determine choose nominee next week feature image video screen capture republican actually support obama find scalia replacement video