There will be no leak and the media will have a hay day on Sunday.
I suppose Collins and Murkowski will be invited to every show.
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Trump should call one of the Dem senators that is in danger, whichever one is least odious, and make a deal. Vote for my pick, and I won’t campaign against you. Vote against, and I will be in your state 5 times, including the day before the election. Orchestrate a meeting with the nominee, after which the Senator comes out and says she will vote for confirmation. That will silence Collins and Murkowski, and bring everyone in line. Nomination will sail through.
Another consideration for this nominee is that if they have trouble getting it through, Trump can campaign like hell in the fall on that issue, and if he gets more Republicans in the Senate, especially if he gets 55 or more, he can submit the same nominee again, or one of the others on his short list. Only danger is if the Senate is lost, and I don’t see that happening.
and all the nominees will have reporters watching their homes to see if any of them have D.C. plane reservations...