that judge amy coney barrett is going to be the choice. in part because she is from indiana. which would put a lot of pressure on senator joe donnelly, who is running for reelection, a democrat running for reelection in indiana. he s got a very tough race. that s a pro-turn state. he voted for gorsuch. they not only have to get collins and/or murkowski, they have to hold the democrats so this is a difficult tactical challenge for democrats. they mostly need to also expand the argument, and the best new argument, which senator cory booker put on the table last night, is to say that there should be no appointment, no confirmation process until after mueller completes his investigation because it s a total conflict of interest since so many issues related to this