.@mkraju w/ great reminder here: Dems blew chance to influence Trump noms in exchange for short sugar high during latter part of Obama tenure =>https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/997211228916371457 …
What if there weren’t cabinet fimibusters except in an isolated case or two?
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I suspect the pressure would overwhelm after the first filibuster. Maybe Ds get one scalp. Then what? McConnell is no shrinking violet and the moderates wouldn’t find it hard to rationalize going along
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McConnell is ruthless but my point is that things would be different and we’re all making assumptions.
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I mean, while we’re doing alternate history here, what if Rs vote for stimulus and approve more Obama nominees, then no pressure on Reid to go nuclear. Or what if W nominates some token centrists/Dems and Ds allow Estrada? We can keep going back but it is what it is.
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Exactly. What if Reagan never nominated Bork and the judicial wars/bitterness didn’t begin? The way they’ve been ratcheting up ever since, it’s always been headed here
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What if Bork didn’t get Borked?
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