What Would Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Do?

How A GOP Senate Could Trigger A Supreme Court Crisis
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 05: U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) pauses during a news briefing March 5, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Senate GOP leaders spoke to members of the media after their weekly policy luncheon. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 05: U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) pauses during a news briefing March 5, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Senate GOP leaders spoke to members of the media after their weekly policy luncheon. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The most recent forecast by Fivethirtyeight gives Republicans a sixty percent chance of winning a majority of the Senate in November’s elections. Given that any bill already has to pass the Republican-controlled House, the effect of a Republican Senate upon President Obama’s legislative agenda can be calculated at zero, with a margin of error of zero. You can’t kill something that is already dead.

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