[Jim in CT]

if Trump is as shrewd as I think he is, she will be his choice.

A highly regarded federal judge, a constitutionalist, a female.

Best of all, she's a devout Catholic, which the anti-Catholic bigots Diane Feinstein and Al Franken tried to use to disqualify her at her confirmation hearings, saying "the dogma is loud within you". To these liberal bigots, it's OK if your conscience is informed by marxist Ivy League professors or by watching MSNBC, but it's not OK if your conscience is informed by Catholicism. Nominating her, would be a marvelous middle finger to these people.

Barrett is also the poster child for a judge who the left would fear would overturn Roe V Wade - a Catholic with seven kids. Whether or not she would actually vote that way is unknown (probably not), but she looks exactly like someone who would, and that will be enough to open the floodgates of liberal hysteria.

The left would go absolutely berserk at her nomination, the venom and hate with which they would attack her, would show exactly how bigoted, hateful, and anti-woman they really are, and would reap immense political capital for the GOP. It also would likely not prevent her from getting confirmed, she'd even be likely to get a few democratic votes from senators in purple states who are up for re-election, and who need to be seen as moderate (Munchin in WV, Heidi what's-her-name in ND, etc).

Politically speaking, it would be like winning powerball. And oh, the schadenfreude. We will see in a week or so. Hopefully she's up for the fight, because whoever it is, the confirmation will be as ugly as anything we have seen. The left have their tin foil hats on, and are foaming at the mouth.