Mitch knows this and I think he will set aside his fears for being re-elected and come to the aid of the electoral process and the Constitution.
Mitch needs to strategize the nominee’s confirmation.
In the current situation, ACB makes sense.
Sense for Trump: Originalist and female.
Sense for Mitch: Already confirmed by most current Senators.
Mitch can forego the Committee rigmarole and move ACB to a floor vote.
Because of previous confirmation, Mitch can shorten the timeframe for floor actions.
He can have members /request/ time.
We may see the Republicans decline to question, en banc.
He can minimize the time allowed to, say, 3 minutes each in order to minimize the grandstanding.
He can allow the Democrats (all) to go first to exhaust their ammo.
He can exert privilege to begin the majority questioning and, at the end of his 3 minutes, he can move to the vote.
Or, he can arrange for Cruz to rise and call the question.
I sincerely hope he is watching old film of Tip O’Neil.
Chaff
Mitch knows this and I think he will set aside his fears for being re-elected and come to the aid of the electoral process and the Constitution.
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Poll just released shows Mitch up by 15 in Kentucky
I heard on Rush they’re going to have three days of hearings. Rush is issuing a strong storm warning (not THE storm) about how savage the rats are going to be no matter the nominee. They’ve already tried to claim ACB is part of the religious group that the Handmaid’s Tale was patterned on.