I replied to that point here. Bottom line, I don't think issue is lack of alternative—there are plenty—it's lack of an alternative with reliable confidence Trump would agreehttps://twitter.com/Susan_Hennessey/status/994020122259066881 …
Lots of people seem to be missing the talk of Susan Gordon getting the nod if Gina Haspel is not approved.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/07/politics/haspel-nomination-contingency-plan/index.html …
Yes, there is an alternative.
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Congress doesn't get a vote if Haspel is voted down?
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You still gotta convince him to nominate Sue Gordon over, say, Tom Cotton. Not saying impossible, but I think anxiety is coming from perceived risk if Haspel can't clinch it.
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Is the whip any different on Cotton? If not, wait. She's acting, where she'll do a good job until the Senate can weigh in on what the US, especially Congress, actually wants in a D/CIA.
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Torture looms up mountainously in the story of this nomination and cannot be talked away.
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the rational security people seem to think torture was good
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