Not only because of the time to Election Day, but also because the president & Senate majority were opposing parties. You're not seriously addressing the argument if you omit that part.https://twitter.com/samstein/status/1227981586936844288 …
Inevitably, political arguments being what they are, not everybody made the full & complete argument every single time they were asked.
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Democrats controlled the Senate in 1988 when they confirmed Anthony Kennedy 9 months before the election.
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In fact, two Democrats did not participate in the confirmation vote (Al Gore, Paul Simon) because they were campaigning for President.
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