If he had 60 votes, I wouldn't give him much slack, but he has 53 and he has to keep most every Repub happy since we know there are those who are unreliable.
I would love to see if you could do any better. You would be a mess.
I’ve compared the Senate Republican caucus to a Romper Room full of egos*. Those people all get to vote when they’re in the Senate and short of torture, no leader is going to force them to do a damn thing.
So what’s McConnell to do. He has 2 choices, he can publicly embarrass them and still not get his way, or he can simply not bring up stuff (like ending the filibuster overall), and make it look, somewhat, like McConnell is the problem.
I prefer McConnell doing what he’s doing, because he is getting the votes he needs for virtually EVERY JUDGE, and like it or not, that is the ONLY constructive thing coming out of Congress at this point, but also the most pressing issue in the country today, even more important than Illegal Immigration - since the judges are running the show even on that.
*think McCain when he was alive and Lindsey Graham 1.0, and now Romney, and then Murkowski who actually believed Balsy over Kavenaugh, and then Collins who needed to put on a drama act before voting for Kavenaugh, Rand Paul, Jeff Flake, who held up something like 20 judges at the end of last year, and now even Ted Cruz
Not sure where you inferred I was bashing McConnell at all to warrant such trashing from you. If you look at my post history, i think you’d find that am very pro McConnell with regards to judges and have praised him quite a bit.
I just sometimes look at his face and demeaner and find it hard to believe that he wields such power.
Thats all.