The lede is a little different in emphasis from the body of the text. She knows they’ve got little leverage in the confirmation process. She’s just relying on their old worn-out game plan whereby she makes outrageous demands and the media picks up on it.
Doesn’t work anymore...unless the Repub’s let it.
“she makes outrageous demands and the media picks up on it”
Agreed. I was considering whether the media would have even mentioned a rank and file pubbie who “called for” something from BO, Pelosi, and their cabal.