Agreed. The Dems only need four Republican votes to put get a judge confirmed. How do you think McCain, Graham, Kirk, Collins, Murkowski, or Cornyn will vote? Obama would be a fool to make a recess appointment here. He knows he will get what he wants if it goes to a vote.
And even worse, there is a chance the Dems could gain Senate seats in the November election. Obama will have two weeks after the new Senate is in place to push a vote. With 24 GOP Senate seats up for grabs and only 10 Dem seats, he has got to like the odds. The only hope we have is if McConnell refuses to bring it to a vote. Scary, I know. But McConnell may be our only chance.
Guns, check, ammo,check, krugerrands, check, water, check, food, check....
They’d need 14 GOP votes. The filibuster still applies for SCOTUS nominations. Even with the expected takeover by the dems in the Senate this year, reaching 60 votes would be an extremely tall order.