What they waiting for: An election year when Obama could nominate a black female, the Republican controlled Senate would block the nomination, the Democrats could then accuse the Republican Senate of racism along with femaphobia (I just invented a new word)and rally their base of low-info voters to vote early and often in November.
I doubt they thought it out that far. More likely they knew which way the decisions were going (they are decided almost immediately after the oral arguments) and they didn’t like it. So eliminating Scalia then re-opens those preliminary decisions and obviously assures a better outcome for them.
Can’t say I’m surprised at this...just ANGRY at Scalia for being SUCH AN IDIOT to be a sitting duck for this.