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And if he loses the election, he still has time to push through a quick nomination before he gets booted out and a new Democratic Senate is sworn in.

And if the Democrats dangle a sweetheart plea deal in front of him as inducement to leave it be?

This Would be so beyond the pale that it could lead to honest to goodness civil disorder.

A 4-4 deadlocked vote in a “Bush v Gore” type of situation would be a constitutional nightmare. It’s absolutely in his interest to fill that seat.

Yep. This is what I fully expect to happen. It's despicable, but it makes way too much sense. You motivate moderate conservatives, and if you win you get to claim the moral high ground. If you lose, you push a lame duck justice through anyway. This is a gift from a campaign strategy point of view.

I feel terrible focusing on the political maelstrom and not RBG's legacy, but these are also important conversations to have.