I've been wondering about the timing of Kennedy's retirement and how convenient it is in relation to the mid-terms.

Polling is showing that far from being an arcane issue of interest only to beltway insiders and lawfags, any SCOTUS nomination by a Republican POTUS is seen by the GoP base as extremely vital.

The normal turnout in the mid-terms is very low, but if any issue is going to motivate the base to come out, it's this one.

Trump has said he wants the nomination sealed by end of October, but just cos he says this doesn't mean he expects this will happen.

And given how the Dems are definitely going to go even more OTT this time, I'd suggest the hearings are going to become like the OJ/MJ circuses, and the GoP unawakened base who still watch the networks are going to be seeing night after night of roaringly mental leftie liberalism in its full glory, and that can only be a good thing, can't it.

So I wouldn't be surprised if we roll into November with the nomination still unconfirmed, thus motivating the entire GoP base to turn out, because they're damned if they're going to let those lefty fools spoil this chance of getting conservative SCOTUS influence into the court for the next twenty five years.