“...a full-fledged effort here to deny Trump the actual control... of the government, by leaving so many Obama career people appointed, by going so slowly on confirming Trump’s cabinet appointees...”
But for McConnell and Republican Senators, the Senate filibuster rules are so much more important than preserving the country—the same filibuster rules the democrats abandoned.
Right now they need to be looking at suspending the rule that says the rats can debate each nom for 30 hours. This rule should never have been allowed to be used to slow roll the installation of the new government.