Nominees.

       Two news conferences took place this morning that dealt with Supreme Court nominees. The first was with Sen. Chuck Schumer, leader of the minority party in the Senate. He discussed the nominee process and suggested that if a nominee was "too far out of the Mainstream" they would block such a nominee. But if a nominee was in the mainstream  they would give that nominee a fair hearing.
       The second news conference was with Sen. Mitch McConnell, majority leader in the Senate. He was appalled that the Democrats would try to block a nominee of Pres. Elect Trump to the Supreme Court. You might say that he, McConnell, considered Sen. Schumer of being an Oil Can Harry, a dastardly act by a true villain. Having seen both excerpt of the two conferences, I have to say that Sen. McConnell was able to keep a straight face throughout his conference, as did Sen. Schumer.
       The difference between the two Senators was that Schumer gave no indication of a blanket statement that they would oppose any nominee, only those outside the "mainstream."  On the other hand a blanket refusal to even hold a hearing on Pres. Obama's nominee Merrick Garland who is as close to a centrist as possible by McConnell and the Republicans, and held that position for about nine months. Why did the Republicans hold up on even meeting with Garland? Because they could. So now McConnell acts like he's startled by these statements from Schumer. As though he never heard of such conduct. And all this while keeping a straight face. But then I suppose that's why he's able to keep getting reelected.
       My guess is that Trump will forward a hard conservative nominee thinking a first nominee would get through, and that the Democrats will, in fact, block such a nominee, at which point McConnell will feign disbelief at such a dastardly act. They should all appear on Broadway.