There Goes Garland's SCOTUS Nomination.

Poor Garland, about to be twice-denied. Once by McConnell and now by Biden. You see, the plan apparently is that Justice Sotomayor will resign due to ill health. And wait for it -- guess who will be proposed by Biden? Someone whose last name is Harris. Peachy.

It's nice on paper but the lame-duck Senate, controlled by Democrats, probably can't get this done before January. And then there's the Trump certainty: Republicans will move heaven and earth to derail or fatally disrupt such a nomination.

I think it's a grand plan but one that is almost doomed to failure.