Partisan fight over court complicates tight Ohio Senate race

An Associated Press article the partisan fight over whether President Barack Obama should fill a Supreme Court vacancy in his last year in office following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, and the political implications it holds for Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, quotes UB political scientist James Campbell, who said there's a strong chance the drama will conclude before November's election and that Obama's determination to proceed will do nothing but fuel the nation's political divisions. "The president has started the Kabuki dance," he said. "They're all going to go through the motions, it'll all play out and we will be back at square one when the process is done — except there will be a lot of blood on the floor." The article appeared in news outlets around the country, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Miami Herald, San Francisco Chronicle and ABC News.