Forcing 60 votes doesn't mean eight Dems won't join the GOP to overcome a 60-vote filibuster. =>https://twitter.com/hughhewitt/status/844272537911517184 …
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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To be clear, I think MM will give cloture time to play out. But at some point he'll pull the plug.
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all I’m saying is that I don’t he’s the one who sets the timeline. It’s when will Cochran, McCain, & any other old bull left
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decide that they’ve had enough. Collins is voting no regardless. So it comes down to Murkowski & the old bulls.
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Don't dismiss MM's influence in a matter like this. He's an institutionalist an never wanted the nuke option to begin with.
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I would defer to you. But his history makes me skeptical. He’s always been more partisan tactician than institutionalist. He
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could have avoided the nuclear option by cutting a deal on another 1-2 DC Circuit judges & stopped obstructing exec bran
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folks I think. He’d have preferred avoiding it, but not enough to avoid a political fight that he thought benefitted Rs.
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