the democrats. filibuster, don't filibuster, do filibuster. don't nominate in the last year of a president. do nominate in the last year of a president. don't nominate in the last year of the president. just depends who the president is. principles are very negotiable because they have none. exhibit 5. go. >> it is my view that if a supreme court justice resigns tomorrow or within the next several weeks, or resigns at the end of the summer, president bush would consider following the practice of a majority of his predecessors and not, and not name a nominee until after the november election is completed. mark: but it looks like joe biden, now vice president at the time, and his boss, president obama, took a different position when obama was president. this is from cbs news, march 16, 2016, exhibit 6. go.