Best bet would be a senator like Jeff Sessions. Chuckie Schumer wants to be on the Supreme Court, so won't want to set a precedent of opposing a member of the "club".
>>Best bet would be a senator like Jeff Sessions.
I would nominate former Montana Governor Mark Racicot if the opening comes in the next few months. He would be hard to paint as a hard-line right-winger but he is conservative enough to be an improvement over either Ginsburg or Stevens. The Democrats might realize that it could be in their best interest to keep Racicot from returning to Montana and taking Max Baucus' Senate seat.