Malachi Clark
1. If the democrats win back the senate and lose the presidency in November, they would then control both branches of the government for around two weeks. Obama has power until January 20th so he could send a nominee into the democratic majority. Then they would have seventeen days to vote for that nominee. A consensus is a strong broad agreement between political parties.
2. Obama has the ability to pick a candidate but the republican majority senate would not approve them in hope that a republican would be nominated. If the democrats win the senate then this candidate would be approved giving the democrats a better chance at electing the next supreme court justice.
3. A "lame duck" president is one who at a point in time had a lot of power but then quickly lost it all. President Obama doesn't yet fit this but he may. If a democratic majority isn't achieved than his supreme court justice nominee may not even be considered. I think that Obama will not become a "lame duck" because he will use his charisma to do so.
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