The Democrats must think that they have Trump backed into a political-corner over the Russia thing, else forcing a confrontation over the Gorsuch nomination involving senate rules makes no sense at all. It would seem that they are overplaying a very weak hand. It’s time for McConnell to create a few “facts on the ground” by changing the senate rule. I suspect that we’ve allowed it to get this far because the Republican-majority in the senate is small and a few defectors (McCain & Graham) could make a mess of things even after a rule change. So we have to sit thru all this political theater so McConnell can prove a point to Juan & Linda.
He’ll get his 60. Because if he doesn’t, the next pick is going to be Ted Cruz.