I was just reading NR’s Ramesh Ponnoru and (never-Trumper) Erick Ericson’s articles. They are very pleased, if Gorsuch is chosen.
One article I was reading said Scalia was very interested in Gorsuch’s meteoric rise. Maybe he saw a little of himself in Gorsuch, and they do say Gorsuch is sometimes eerily like Scalia. If Gorsuch becomes Scalia’s successor, I think it would have made Scalia very happy.
Yes, I have read that he is the most Scalia-like candidate that we have. That Hardiman is more like Alito—good, but not fantastic.