And MSH, on the Gorsuch bit you mentioned, Obama couldn't really have pressed the issue any more than he did. There was literally nothing (legal) he could do to make them process the nomination further, I'm pretty sure. It's not like other types of nominations where presidents can get cheeky with 'acting' or temporary shenanigans.
Things that Obama could have done:
- Not listen to Biden's stupid fucking advice on trying to appease a death cult capitalist with Gorsuch and spend time on more productive things
- Hold a speech every day calling McConnell a criminal for not doing his job as Senate Leader
- Send nominee after nominee while doing this, refuse to let it leave the news cycle
- Refuse to sign any bills until the most pressing business of filling the Supreme Court vacancy is dealt with
- Actually charge McConnell with any of the many crimes he has surely committed in his role and remove him
- Call upon the states for an Article V Convention to amend the Constitution to force McConnell to do his job or preferably not involve him making any decisions
- Illegally appoint a Justice anyway under the Unitary Executive Theory the GOP likes so much, because McConnell has chosen to not offer the "advice and consent" of the Senate and thus given up the Senate's ability to block the nominee.
Come to think of it, I will also now be blaming Obama for not having Trump arrested when he was still a private citizen.