1. Obama will appoint the most radical he can find. (Rush Limbaugh--paraphrased)
2. The Republican led Congress MUST remain in pro forma session constantly from now until the inauguration of the next President to prevent a recess appointment to the Supreme Court by Obama. (Newt Gingrich--paraphrased)
Saving the Republic from destruction depends upon McConnell, Ryan, and the other Republicans in Congress. This is frightening, considering their past behavior. Whether or not they have the wisdom, fortitude, and moral strength to prevent an Obama appointment will determine whether or not the United States will survive.
The stakes are high.
If the GOPe folds to what will be daily presuure by the libs and the media to vote in another lib, Trump will win the nomination in a landslide as they will prove us right that once elected they forget why.
I think a recess appointment might not be the worst that could happen. For one, the term would expire with the end on the Congressional session (Jan 3, 2017), and whoever won the presidential election would have the option to select a new justice. This makes it a good campaign issue, one that should have conservatives more fired up than the liberals. Also, it removes the issue from the Senate campaigns for the short term, and they won't have to spend time trying to block Obama at every turn.
The downside is that the justice could do some damage in the next few months, but we already have John Roberts doing that anyway.
Of course, Obama might not be interested in making a recess appointment because it doesn't help him much. He would probably much rather antagonize the GOP for the rest of the year- though he'll be doing that in any case.
All in all, though, this means even more that 2016 is a critical election for conservatism, and we're about out of last chances.