if they get the new justice approved now, she will just step in when the old one retires
if they wait until he retires in june to start, people will say its to close to the mid term elections, lets wait
they can't wait if they think they will lose dem seats in the election
now there are not enough republican votes to deny her the spot
so this is mostly theater
besides after june or july they will have to be working out how to get joe and the hoe out and replaced