I'm sorry Tim & David but I do not think that people like Kash Patel are unable to be confirmed. If Republicans secure 53-54 senate seats, which is a possibility given the current senate map, there may only be two Republican senators (Murkowski & Collins) that will vote no on these nominees. Mitt Romney is done. So is Bill Cassidy. Other…
I'm sorry Tim & David but I do not think that people like Kash Patel are unable to be confirmed. If Republicans secure 53-54 senate seats, which is a possibility given the current senate map, there may only be two Republican senators (Murkowski & Collins) that will vote no on these nominees. Mitt Romney is done. So is Bill Cassidy. Other Republicans voting for impeachment or considering it (Ben Sasse, Rob Portman, Richard Burr, Pat Toomey) are long gone. So if Republicans get to 52, that is the magic number for us to MAGAfy the cabinet.
Trump had a reliable 45+ votes for the worst people during his first term. It was Murkowski and Collins in particular that McConnell had to first check with before Trump nominated some of these people to positions.
Just think after this cycle we are likely to have a Republican Senate that would contain zero members (outside of Murkowski & Collins) willing to impeach after January 6th. If you are confident that they will somehow block Jim Jordan as Attorney General, then I share none of that confidence. There is a big difference between getting to 51 and getting to 52.
I'm sorry Tim & David but I do not think that people like Kash Patel are unable to be confirmed. If Republicans secure 53-54 senate seats, which is a possibility given the current senate map, there may only be two Republican senators (Murkowski & Collins) that will vote no on these nominees. Mitt Romney is done. So is Bill Cassidy. Other Republicans voting for impeachment or considering it (Ben Sasse, Rob Portman, Richard Burr, Pat Toomey) are long gone. So if Republicans get to 52, that is the magic number for us to MAGAfy the cabinet.
I don't believe this. The Senate is not as easy to push around as the House.
Trump had a reliable 45+ votes for the worst people during his first term. It was Murkowski and Collins in particular that McConnell had to first check with before Trump nominated some of these people to positions.
Just think after this cycle we are likely to have a Republican Senate that would contain zero members (outside of Murkowski & Collins) willing to impeach after January 6th. If you are confident that they will somehow block Jim Jordan as Attorney General, then I share none of that confidence. There is a big difference between getting to 51 and getting to 52.
Regrettably, that's not saying much nowadays.