Of course it was inevitable. It became so the moment Schumer capitulated to "the resistance" and filibustered Gorsuch. Reid set the precedent. Precedents are there to be applied.
That's a big part of where I'm coming from. I hate this game. Escalation after escalation, always insisting other people left them no choice, as the process descends further and further into farce.
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I mean, but you kind of *don't* have a choice. A player playing the "always defect" strategy is screwing himself. If there aren't incentives to promote future cooperation, defecting will continue. I wish it were otherwise, but

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They've been playing an All-D strategy for a while. Last cooperation on judicial nominations was in 2005. I think you mean All-C. Without some defections, there's no incentive to compromise because other player can always take advantage of you.
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Damnit you’re right, I do mean all-C.
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Wait, it's not two players who believe in Govt and sell govt is Good as a brand. DEMS HAVE TO be the good guys, adhering to spirit of law, even more than letter. They are long govt. GOP ALWAYS get to be meaner and more brutish than Dems... they short sellers.
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We've been here before Jackson, Teddy, Nixon, Trump... whenever the visiting team forgets the home team has the final veto and forget what Chomsky, MLK, Gandhi all preach: don't play tough with the tough guys.... gotta appeal to the rights better angels, take small steps, cajole.
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You don't understand the game! GOP doesn't defect. GOP WINS when America watches SCOTUS turned into circus, bc the meta message is: These people / GOVT can't do ANYTHING for you. Dems are obligated to keep it classy, they have the weaker hand.
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Obstructing judicial appointments was a problem for like 20 years. Not clear on why the dam broke for Reid.
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They wanted to stack the DC Circuit.
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