The whole "Is Reid bluffing" frame is all wrong. If Rs allow noms through and Reid relents, that will have been goal all along.
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@ThePlumLineGS@DavidMDrucker except when GOP filibusters new DHS chief, Mel Watt, etc -
@ThePlumLineGS@DavidMDrucker + was per se a bluff. -
@gzornick@DavidMDrucker I dunno. I see it as more Reid having no choice -
@ThePlumLineGS@DavidMDrucker maybe true! Isn't that exactly a bluff? If you don't actually have the cards... -
@gzornick@DavidMDrucker it's more that he does have the votes, but doesn't want to go nuclear and owould prefer a way not to -
@ThePlumLineGS@DavidMDrucker not trying to belabor the point but if he doesn't actually want to go through with his threat, that's a bluff. -
@gzornick@DavidMDrucker no, because he will act if he has to
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@DavidMDrucker @Flores_Occupy@ThePlumLineGS They really are like spoiled children.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@DavidMDrucker@ThePlumLineGS Is Reid's the primary aim to get these noms thru or to reform Senate?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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