I wonder if there aren’t already some more centrist Ds talking to more centrist Rs about how they might eventually provide
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votes for cloture if those centrist Rs refuse to vote for the nuclear option.
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Republicans have enough votes to go nuclear.
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right, but what I’m saying is, if it becomes known to an institutionalist like McCain that if they refuse to vote for the
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nuclear option, Ds will provide enough votes for cloture after 2 weeks of debate, or a month of debate, etc, will they pull
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the trigger? Only takes 3 defections to kill the nuclear option.
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Post-Reid nuclear, they will get the votes. I'd bet almost everything I own.
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I think that’s true if senators believe that cloture isn’t possible. If cloture is possible, they won’t get the votes.
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