"Who will fail least badly at begging Mitch McConnell to confirm any executive or judicial nominees" is...another scenario.https://twitter.com/davidshor/status/1189179523465666560 …
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See, President Joe Biden would invite Mitch over for drinks and fail, but President Bernie Sanders would hold a rally in Louisville to pressure Mitch and fail, and President Liz Warren would release a plan to make regulation of coal contingent on a non-acting Secretary and fail.
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What I'm saying is the primary is all about theories of change.
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(I'm not saying this is a guarantee but ongoing procedural hardball + polarization + the Senate tilting more R than the House these days + the Senate being the one whose consent is required for the other branches = some real potential for unraveling...)
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There hasn't been a new President in decades, decades of ongoing polarization and procedural hardball, who didn't start out with a Senate majority to confirm their appointees. It's probably going to happen eventually. Maybe soon. And then...what is the plan, America.
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Replying to @baseballcrank
I'm sorry to tell you but that was almost 31 years ago, hence "decades".
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Replying to @xenocryptsite @baseballcrank
Please refrain from referring to the year I graduated high school as decades ago. I'm still young, dammit!
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Heh, same year as me.
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