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Originally posted by Orson: ↑

I think what perhaps is forgotten here is there is only one criteria for the selection of this next Supreme Court Justice - how it will affect Trump's chances of re-election.

For Trump, nothing else exists. So in assessing candidates, that should be your primary method to predict who he chooses. Forget about the track record of the judge or their fitness for office. This is a tactical decision to help achieve one thing, and one thing only. Trump's re-election. It may be a particular demographic he needs. Are the Catholics locked in? If not, go for Amy Coney Barrett. If they are, go for someone else.

It may well be a left field, inflammatory choice. As conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh noted last week, Trump is going out of his way to pour gasoline on every fire right now, to incite dissent and stoke up the whole "law and order" scare campaign. So why not put up a totally divisive choice, that would send people out into the streets in their millions to protest?

The resulting chaos could scare enough people to get Trump over the line.

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It's possible that the choice of a woman is to circumvent any attacks a la Kavanaugh...

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