Ted Cruz is an accomplished lawyer and noted lover of the Constitution (when it suits his purposes). Yet somehow he thinks that pushing Republicans to break with all tradition and obstruct a Supreme Court nomination for a year is a great argument for his presidential ambitions. Republicans shouldn’t even hold hearings on any nominee because “it is about the institution and presidential abuse of power, which we've seen for seven years.” You know, abuse of power like nominating Supreme Court justices, as laid out in the Constitution. The outcome for the election?
If we make 2016 a referendum on the Supreme Court, as Republicans, we need to nominate a candidate who understands these issues and can go head-to-head with the Democrats.
A candidate like MEEEEEEE. “I cannot wait to stand on that debate stage with Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders and make the case to the American people that their vision of the Supreme Court, their vision of the Constitution, would undermine our basic freedoms.”
Cruz may be confusing the Republican primary debate stage (where obstruction is probably a good strategy) with the general election debate stage, where having pushed to keep a vacancy on the Supreme Court for eight months and counting might not play so well. But hey, he’s a true believer—with a primary to win.