faith argument from some conservative this is nominee, whoever she is, will be picked mainly on her race and her gender and less so on her qualifications. they don't want to even give the appearance of that being true. part of the reason they might settle on a slower, more deliberate process is to make it clear to the american people this is a measured, a well informed, well choreographed process. it won't take two to three months most likely and it won't take 30 days. there will be something in the middle of that. if they're trying to push this from a 50/50 vote with vice president harris being the tiebreaker and maybe pick up two or three republicans, a longer process helps them do that. senator collins voted against justice barrett, not based on her qualifications but she didn't like how quickly the process moved. a slower process might also bring along some other republicans.