[DoodleDawg]

If Ginsburg steps down in January or February 2020, I think people might be okay with a nomination because the candidate field may be very unsettled at that time

Still an election year and a few weeks difference isn't going to keep the Democrats from screaming 'hypocrisy'. And I can't say I'd blame them; McConnell chose to give the Biden rule as his excuse. He'd have to live with it.

[Political Junkie Too]

I don't doubt it. All I'm saying is those are a crucial few weeks, as primary candidates will be dropping out on the Democrat side, just like they did on the Republican side in early 2016.

The choices were pretty clear in 2016, but 2020 will have a lot of radical "amateurs" running, like O'Rourke, Harris, et. al. Republicans should counter by saying that the field is still too open to say that the voters should decide.

Once the field narrows to the top two, then that's different.

-PJ

[rbmillerjr]

You may be right.

However, the Dems in the same situation would push on and we will, too.

We have the Senate and we push it.