[chiller]

What's wrong with a recess appointment? It requires 51 votes and we've got at least 55. Who can legitimately complain?

[TLBSHOW]

they will say they won't get paid.

[TravisBickle]

The problem I see with a recess appointment is that it is only temporary, until the President's term is over.

Also, it doesn't solve the problem that the minority party will be able to hold up nominees. By simply swearing him in now, that pulls the rug out of the minority view.

I think a showdown would be good in the long run. It could possibly take some of the power away from a Senate that has become too beholden to a minority of ideologues.