Bernie will appoint an alien. https://www.yahoo.com/politics/obama-to-disappointed-six-year-1363820868436022.html
It certainly is. "Election Year" has started roughly 2 and 1/2 years before Inauguration Day for at least the last 3 decades.
By the way, even if the Senate doesn't approve a nominee (and breaks the record for obstructionism by a good couple hundred days), it's still a win for "the left".
I think the Republicans are really playing with fire here. Maybe they think they have nothing to lose given that things are going so badly for them already. They are already in danger of losing the presidency by a landslide due to poor candidate selection. Now they are doubling down on partisanship and obstructionism. The trouble with that strategy is Republicans typically benefit from low voter turnout, not high voter turnout. And this issue will almost surely increase voter interest in the election. A lot could happen, and probably will, between now and November. But right now it seems unlikely this will end well for the Republicans. barfo
An obvious solution to the current impasses suggests itself: Obama hold off from nominating someone... so long as Kennedy retires.
The election is 1st Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Then there is no election anymore and we'll know who will be picking the justice to replace Scalia.
The referendum is going to be after coming ][ <-- this close to having Obama fill Scalia's seat with a liberal, tilting the balance of power so no conservative positions will be heard or upheld. If Hilarity is elected, it won't be stoppable. That won't be a factor, eh?
Fiscal? Take off your green eyeshades, bean counter. http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2013-03-21/the-republicans-self-defeating-war-on-eyeshades
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiscal_year The United States federal government's fiscal year is the 12-month period ending on 30 September of that year, having begun on 1 October of the previous calendar year. In particular, the identification of a fiscal year is the calendar year in which it ends; thus, the current fiscal year is 2016, often written as "FY2016" or "FY16", which began on 1 October 2015 and which will end on 30 September 2016.
