This is a thing you believe if you also believe that Republicans have such respect for Senate tradition that they’d never change the rules in service of political power. On the other hand, there’s reality.https://twitter.com/heminator/status/1012043118596775937 …
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Under Bush, Dems started filibustering every judicial nom. Repubs threatened "nuclear option." Dems cut a deal, let some through. Under Obama, Repubs started filibustering every judicial nom. Dems threatened "nuclear option." Repubs wouldn't deal. Dems nuked It's just about power
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You'll see tons of partisan arguments about judicial nominations. "We're innocently following the rules, they keep breaking them." BS. It's escalating power politics going back at least as far as Bork. Interestingly, Dems blocking that nomination is why Kennedy's on the court.
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Reppublicans really trend toward doing all the things they (sometimes rightly, sometimes wrongly) accuse Democrats of doing, but then turn it up to 11.
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