GOP Senator's Profile in Courage with Scalia Replacement

As GOPers started to stray on SCOTUS, pressure groups took over. Now they're walking back like sheep.

Lisa Murkowski is walking back, running scared, spouting nonsense.

This is embarrassing, one would think, for the senator, who first said a SCOTUS nominee should get a hearing:

Given the timing of this vacancy, in the middle of an election, the American people will be weighing in on the direction of SCOTUS. (3/5)

— Sen. Lisa Murkowski (@lisamurkowski) February 19, 2016

I urge Pres. Obama to follow a tradition embraced by both parties and allow his successor to select the next Supreme Court justice. (4/5)

— Sen. Lisa Murkowski (@lisamurkowski) February 19, 2016

If POTUS ignores precedent, I believe extraordinary circumstances give the Senate every right to deny the nominee an up or down vote. (5/5)

— Sen. Lisa Murkowski (@lisamurkowski) February 19, 2016

We're not in the middle of an election, there is no tradition and therefore no precedent. In fact, the opposite is true.

(h/t Daily Kos)