Trump is making the announcement Saturday.
Trump Will Announce Supreme Court Nominee Saturday From the White House
By dispensing with any sense of urgency, it gives Mitch the wiggle room to put off taking any action before the next inauguration. This lack of urgency carries over to the waffling RINOs to join in with Mitch’s “Well, we’ll wait and see” plan, it gives them cover.
Each day’s delay make the likelihood that a Trump will get the fill the seat just so much more distant.
But I’ve already given up any notion that anyone plans to strike while the oven is hot; I’m just a spectator, like everyone else, I’m hoping the sight won’t be a train wreck. Que sera, sera.