The McConnell Project, of course, is locking in minority rule by confirming as many conservative judges as possible, while denying approval to anyone left of center. The Biden victory obviously interferes with that objective. How will McConnell respond? Will he give every Biden appointment the Merrick Garland treatment?
I don’t think so; that would be an obvious violation of his constitutional responsibility, and one without precedent. McConnell prefers to bend the rules or make new ones rather than engage in blatant violations of the ones that are already written in stone. He will just process Biden’s nominations very slowly, reject anyone the base really hates, and hope that things return to what he views as normal after 2024.