The President has a problem. His appointee for the Supreme Court may not even get a hearing. The top candidates are unlikely to accept the role of sacrificial lamb. A second tier candidate places less pressure on the GOP.
Bernie and Hillary, or at least Hillary, must agree to renominate Obama's choice. By so doing, the candidate pool is improved, the issue of the Supreme Court becomes even more concrete, and the gender and/or ethnicity of the nominee can be part of the identity politics of the election.
In 2016 it takes a village to nominate a Supreme Court Justice.
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