I must confess to a certain interest in the tactical war that appears[1] to be certain between President Biden and Senator “Moscow” McConnell (R-KY) after Inauguration Day. I’ve already referenced one approach here; so here’s another, suggested by Glenn Kirschner, a US Army and Federal prosecutor with decades of experience. To summarize, he suggests that if McConnell refuses point-blank to even debate Biden’s nominees to Cabinet posts and even SCOTUS, after this is made clear by McConnell, then Biden simply says, OK, you’re approved and appointed. Let McConnell run to a Court bawling that this is against the law. Let him explain to a judge why Senator McConnell gets to walk away from his responsibilities: … shall give advice and consent … and basically rewrite the Constitution.
Would it work? I don’t know. But it’s a fascinating approach. Too bad Obama didn’t try it with his nomination of Judge Garland.
And, clearly, Kirschner has little use for Trump and his cult.
1 I say appears because, as I write this, the Republicans and the Democrats plus their Independent allies (2) are each at 48 in the Senate. The four uncalled races are the two Georgia races, which are headed for early January run-offs, the Sullivan/Gross (Mr. Gross is an Independent but endorsed by the Democrats) contest in Alaska, which is slow to report due to geographical challenges, and, mysteriously, the Tillis/Cunningham contest in North Carolina, where it appears to me the Republicans have retained the seat for the craven & useless Tillis – yet the race remains uncalled. Evidently, CNN knows more than I do. The point should be obvious, though: if the Democrats can win three of these seats, they would control the Senate.
