I think the GOP Senate has already balked at the most far right versions of nearly everything they’ve thrown at the legislature.
I think that the same at risk senators responsible for that will be just as willing to Fuck around over a Supreme Court nomination as anything else.
That might be balking. That might be holding out to get some pork. That might be stamping their feet publicly to make them selves look good Rand Paul style.
I also find it just as likely that a far right guy threatens to hold out unless he gets a vote on a pet issue. Say “your guy isn’t extreme enough, I won’t vote unless I get a vote on the border wall”.
Or Trump will Fuck something up. He purportedly threatened to revoke Gorsuch’s nomination because some GOP members criticised the pick. I wouldn’t put it past him to say “Fuck you guys” and nominate the hamburgler. His appointments have been getting weirder and less connected to the establishment and traditional right wing power brokers.
They’re having trouble getting their existing federal nominees out of committee because of these sorts of problems. And there was already some minor grumbling with Gorsuch.
And most of all I think that this is entirely moot because for any of this to be a factor it has to happen now.
There doesn’t seem to be any reason to think they’ll be in a stronger position. With clearer majorities. After the mid terms.
