Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   That is historically incorrect Date:   2/16/2016 5:09:46 PM

The only two successful nominations in the last year of a presidency were at the end of their first term and they lost their reelection bid.  That was 1912 and 1932 (Taft and Hoover both of whom lost their bids to stay in the WH).  All other examples are of first term presidents that won a second term.  Johnson tried in 1968 but was unsuccessful as he announced he would not run.  There have literally been no SCOTUS nominations that were confirmed by the President at the end of their second term. 

As I said, I have no doubt the Republicans running the Senate will fold like a house of cards on this issue but there is no historical precedent for them to do so.  The closest example is Johnson and his nominees were not confirmed.