Obama confident he could replace Ginsburg

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“Well, we’ve got a pretty good track record,” Obama told The New Yorker. “We’ve got a couple of Supreme Court Justices confirmed who I think are doing outstanding work.” Obama suggested the high-profile nature of a Supreme Court fight meant he’d have better success with a nominee than with some appointments to less prominent positions. “My sense is that the Senate necessarily has to treat the Supreme Court nomination process differently than the circuit- or district-court nomination process — higher profile, people are paying attention,” Obama said.

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“They have the sense, ‘All right, this is big,’ ” and the media cover the story intensely, “which means that some of the shenanigans that were taking place in terms of blocking appointments, stalling appointments, I think are more difficult to pull off during a Supreme Court nomination process.” Earlier this summer, a senior administration official told The Hill that the White House wasn't worried about filling a potential vacancy on the high court, saying it would be politically difficult for Republicans to hold up a vote on a qualified justice. But a Supreme Court vacancy would be a major test for Obama, particularly if Republicans win the majority in the midterm elections.

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