How quickly does he need to appoint someone? He should take more time.
President Trump has promised a nominee by the 9th (he could fudge a day or two.) McConnell wants to have a vote in September (right during the campaign season) so that the new justice can be on the Supreme Court when it opens its session on the first Monday in October.
It appears that there are seven candidates.
They’ve been vetting and searching since the day the president was sworn in, actually before that. They know these men and women. It’s a matter of timing and upcoming elections and the truly awful division in the country that all must be considered.