re: #398 Dark_Falcon

It is, because for Republicans to confirm an Obama nominee would be to break their promise. The party base turned out in 2014 expecting those they elected to the Senate to hold the line against Obama. For those same senators to fail to block an Obama nomination to the Supreme Court would be a betrayal and the party base would punish the senators who committed said betrayal.

‘Republican Leadership’ = caving to the base on everything.