ABC’s Dowd: Republicans ‘Made a Mistake’ in ‘Initial Reaction’ to Scalia’s Passing

DOWD: "Absolutely. And we’ve talked now for almost 24 hours. It throws a huge wrench into the entire system, only in the system in Washington, D.C., where they’re going to have to decide what they’re going to do, but the entire presidential campaign. I actually think the Republicans have made a mistake in their reaction to this, the initial reaction to this. I think a better tack would have been, listen, the president has a constitutional duty to nominate somebody to the Supreme Court. And the U.S. Senate has a constitutional duty to decide whether or not they approve that person. Now the Senate may not approve that person; they’ll probably won’t approve that person.. But they shouldn’t actually say the president shouldn’t nominate. I think their tact should be the president has a duty, he should nominate, and the Republicans have a duty to decide in the Senate what they want to do."