Sometimes the pay off is just standing for the right thing.
Perhaps I'm wrong. I see getting Rs to go nuclear now as having no payoff beyond catharsis. Later, small chance of big save.https://twitter.com/cabarkk/status/849484291658612738 …
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@cabarkk You might be underestimating the value of catharsis. Dolittle's raid on Tokyo didn't accomplish much either.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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cooperate, they will continue to be exploited. Non-cooperation is best strategy until trust restored. 3/3
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by acting in self-interest while other cooperates. GOP did this w/Garland. Game theory (iterated prisoners dilemma) suggests that if Dems 2/
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Confirmation process is analogous to prisoner's dilemma: both parties come out best if both are cooperative. One can gain advantage 1/
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I do dislike the term "nuclear" in reference to a nomination...
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Vanishingly small. One senator, even 2, wouldn't be able to withstand peer pressure. Or, more to point, wouldn't believe they could. ...
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They'd likely have to go indy. Moreover, either another GOP nom willing to gut Roe would follow, or it'd be close enough to 2020 election..
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That the dissenting senator(s) would have to be hoping for a Dem win. Simply untenable position, without in fact switching parties.
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McConnell has one foot six feet under... Not much to lose except a place in history?
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Assume that what you believe about Trump is true, four years from now: how controversial do you believe revising the Judiciary Act would be?
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Before you answer that, look into the previous circumstances under which the Supreme Court's membership was expanded.
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Catharsis = high chance of liberal donor $$$ for '18 > small chance of big hypothetical save later
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