Quote Of The Day: Republican "Panic Masquerading As Strength"

From The New York Times editorial board on Republican obstruction on the SCOTUS vacancy:

Unfortunately, for too many Republicans moderation now equals apostasy. These Republicans have stubbornly parked themselves so far to the right for so many years that it is hard to tell whether they can hear how deranged they sound.

The truth is they are afraid — and they should be. They know Mr. Obama has a large pool of extremely smart and thoroughly mainstream candidates from which to choose a nominee. They know that if the American people were allowed to hear such a person answer questions in a Senate hearing, they would wonder what all the fuss was about.

So Mr. McConnell and his colleagues plan to shut their doors, plug their ears and hope the public doesn’t notice. The Republican spin machine is working overtime to rationalize this behavior. Don’t be fooled. It is panic masquerading as strength.

As Americans, we need to do whatever we can to clean out this nest of rats that's been plaguing the U.S. Senate for too long.  Once again, here are four Democrats running against vulnerable incumbent Republicans that deserve your support:

Russ Feingold (WI)

Maggie Hassan (NH)

Tammy Duckworth (IL)

Ted Strickland (OH)

BONUS:  Here are two more (in addition to Maggie Hassan) to consider.