Just pondering this....

Obama never would have nominated Garland to SCOTUS if he actually believed that Garland would receive a vote. He was cannon fodder to smear the Republican Senate's refusal to hold a vote. If he actually thought he'd get a vote on a nominee, he would have nominated another dipshit in the mold of Sotomayor.

How'd you like to be a political pawn nomination and forever be tarnished as the SCOTUS nominee that nobody gave a shit about? Talk all you want about how he was likely aware of the situation...but people in that field take themselves way too seriously. A man like that has an ego that is not remotely pleased to be played. Might even piss a guy off...

Garland's record as a federal judge is far from Scalia. But also far from a Sotomayor...or that complete buffoon Brandon just appointed. Hell...if Garland was a good ole boy, why not just nominate him and give the guy a real vote to make up for the shafting he got?? Can't be too difficult to find a stooge to fill the AG spot. Then you save yourself the idiocy of someone not knowing what a woman is. Of course, this doesn't fit muh diversity requirement. Perhaps that is the simplest answer. But is it the right answer?

I guess what I'm saying is that there is more than meets the eye here. And I'd be shocked if Hillary would have gone ahead with it. Perhaps the lame duck senate would have confirmed him right after the election if hillary won? We are missing something with this guy. There is a helluva lot of possibilities here we aren't considering. He'd have more reason to be pissed off at Obama for dangling him out there to look stupid for political gain than he would be to not be the choice of a different president.