The "Biden Rule"

It doesn't exist, according to the Democrats, who relied on it in their efforts to keep Robert Bork out of the Supreme Court. I have personally SEEN “Ol' Joe” propound on the “fact” that you should NEVER approve the appointment of a Supreme Court Justice appointed by an “outgoing president” in his last year in office. He expounded on the “fact” that there was nothing in the Constitution giving a “timetable” for appointment, AND holding a vote right away. The Congress has the right to take its time in voting the appointee in or out. They won then, and Bork is relegated to the “dustbin of history.” Now that “rule” is working against them, they wish it didn't exist, and say so, hoping that will make it true. They do that with a lot of things. They make a strong pronouncement that isn't true, and insist we believe it. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. Now is a time when it should NOT work. (Seattle PI)