Why the GOP’s Merrick Garland strategy could be a disaster for Republicans

Contrary to what you may have heard, lemmings do not actually hurl themselves into the sea en masse. But do Republicans?Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has reaffirmed his pledge that the Senate will ignore Merrick Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court. Let the next President decide after the election, McConnell says. So far, he has done a pretty effective job of holding his caucus together in support of that strategy, even though most Americans, including a majority of Republica