POLITICS – Obama suggests Brian Sandoval to replace Scalia

President Barack Obama’s camp suggested that Republican Governor of Nevada Brian Sandoval might replace former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died on February 13 of natural causes. President Obama said Wednesday that it would be “difficult” for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to justify his decision not to consider a Supreme Court nominee without appearing to be motivated by politics. “Neither Governor Sandoval nor his staff have been contacted by or talked to the Obama Administration regarding any potential vetting for the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court,” was the statement from Mari St. Martin, Sandoval’s communications director.