Quote:To get back on topic, President Obama does need to appoint a new justice.  Like it or not, that's his duty regardless if this is an election year.  That being said, he does need to appoint a better qualified candidate than his last two appointments (Kagan and Sotomayor).  Although both of them have impressive qualifications, they both were obviously and clearly partisan candidates.  Another appointment such as Kennedy is the right choice to make.  It needs to be someone as close to the center on the political spectrum as possible.  Anything other than that and the congressional republicans should actually block the nomination.