70% of Americans cant name a single SCOTUS justice and only 1% can name all of 9.
Nobody gives a dead mooses last shi*t about Kennedy retiring
The confirmation will be on the news a lot
The American public at large does not have a good attention span.
Yes but the confirmation will be only 1-2 months before the election not 6-7 months
Senator McTurtle's eager to get it done as soon as possible. Even if it happened just a month before the election, there could well be other things that overshadow the confirmation in terms of perceived importance.