More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
On her 12 p.m. ET hour MSNBC show on Thursday, host Andrea Mitchell was giddy over reports that President Obama was considering Republican Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval to replace the late Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court: “...the trial balloon, if you will, that came out of the Obama White House, of nominating a Republican to try to put the Republican Senate on notice, and try to back them up against the wall.”
Moments later, Chris Cillizza of The Washington Post agreed: “It feels sort of like an attempt to, as you put it, Andrea, back Senate Republicans into a corner....to make them look as though they're obstinate, they’re tied to this obstructionist Republican Party who won't even consider anyone, not even a Republican governor.”