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Originally Posted by albionmoonlight
I also think that this confirmation will be decidedly low-key.
It isn't for control of the Court.
It is replacing a liberal with a liberal.
Everyone on the short list is a moderate/institutionalist
The GOP couldn't stop this if it wanted
The GOP has huge tailwinds going into the mid-terms
I just don't see why the GOP would want to pick a huge fight that it probably can't win that might end up resetting a table that looks really good for them right now.
Let it go through. Put up token resistance. Let the Senators from far-right states give some speeches and vote against her. But kind of keep it off the news. Don't let it seem like a great "win" when she's confirmed.
And then go back to focusing on the issues (CRT/inflation/etc.) that are working for you.
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If you're Mitch, this is how you want it to go. You even get some reliable GOP folks to vote for the nominee. That way you can trot out the fake claim that when Biden does reasonable middle-of-the-road things like this nomination and the infrastructure handout bill, the GOP definitely aren't crazy obstructionists, hell bent on destroying democracy. But they're here to protect you from crazy Joe's other radical liberal policies. And, at the end of the day, you were just playing strategically because replacing a liberal with a liberal in a court where you have a 2 justice advantage is meaningless in the grand scheme of things.
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