re: #76 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!

No idea. But I should think any senator in a close race this November would be potential.

They have to calculate how much gain they’d get from the middle versus how many votes they’d lose from Trump’s base.

Note that McConnell never said WHEN there would be a floor vote on a nominee. He could let sufficient purple state Senators play act at having principles for the election, and then whether they win or lose, they can still vote to confirm in the Lame Duck.