Rick HasenVerified account

If McConnell controls Senate, we may not get a Clinton Supreme Court nominee through. If Schumer does, expect him to nuke the filibuster.

opting for the nuclear option hurts Garland's odds, right? Why go to all that trouble just to confirm a 64 year old moderate?

.@MarkEHartman Dems won't go nuclear for Garland. He'll get confirmed in lame duck by Mitch McConnell. I'm talking Breyer, Ginsburg

Once Ct median has shifted to a D, will 40 Rs really filibuster next nominee, knowing that Ds will be willing to nuke?

yes because that allows GOP to confirm their next nominee with 50 votes?

Rs can go nuclear at any time in the future if they get majority. Why push it when they're in the minority?

if you don't use it because you are afraid they will take it away then what good is having it?

Could be useful for ideologically extreme candidates but backfire if used for routine obstruction.

The political thinking is that a Clinton blowout pulls Senate races along with her, which will be the deciding factor.