Well, consider: You&#x27;re a Senate Republican. Obama nominates a guy who is certainly no Scalia but legitimately <i>isn&#x27;t the worst</i>. You can hold out and hope that a Republican gets elected, but there&#x27;s a good chance that&#x27;ll be Donald Trump, and what kind of a judge is <i>that</i> weirdo going to nominate? You hate that guy and think he&#x27;s a blemish to the name of the Republican party. Also, there&#x27;s still a real risk Hilary&#x2F;Sanders will win instead. AND you can expect to face more than half the media harassing you over any delay. In fact, the harassment has already begun <i>today</i>, Feb 13.<p>So a real compromise candidate might be possible. It&#x27;d likely depend on Obama and the senate Democrats as well, though.