[Bruce Campbells Chin]

If Biden leaves then Harris gets in and there is no longer a tie breaker in the Senate. McConnell could hold up appointment of a replacement VP until the next election.

And the second Harris becomes VP, the Dems lose her tiebreaker and the Dems can no longer ram things through the Senate party-line.

[The Pack Knight]

I suggest that they agree to confirm Jon Ossoff. Why?

1. Kemp can appoint a Republican to replace him.
2. Half of the other Republican governors who have Democrat Senators either legally cannot appoint a Republican replacement (AZ, MT, WV).
3. Ohio has no such law, but I doubt DeWine will play along.
4. I don’t know about MD and MA, but I wouldn’t put an R governor or a deep blue state in that position even if he would do it.
5. Warnock’s seat is up in ‘22 anyway. By appointing Ossoff, we get a crack at flipping both Georgia seats.

[The Pack Knight]

One more:

6. I believe opening Ossoff’s seat create’s the mathematical (if not realistic) possibility of a veto-proof majority in the Senate.