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But they will get the vote. The other side of the math is 55 republicans + 7 democRAT mavericks = 62 votes for cloture. Expect to see cloture succeed on Owens / Brown / Pryor although the rest of the RATs will get ample opportunity to play to their base. Note well that the RAT mavericks don;t have to vote for confirmation, simply cloture. We will get these 3 judges confirmed, but that is all.

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Expect to see cloture succeed on Owens / Brown / Pryor

Otherwise the DEMs of the 14 have reneged. And if a cloture vote fails on Myers or Bolton, the game is back on.

I agree that each nominee risks being rejected by failing to get a simple majority of the vote. That's the way it is supposed to work.