Hardball: McConnell Changes Rule to Overcome Obstruction of Trump's Judicial Picks, Dems Fume

Townhall.com ^ | October 11, 2017 | Guy Benson

[jazusamo]

This may seem like an abstruse parliamentary maneuver -- and it is -- but Mitch McConnell just escalated the judicial wars in a minor but meaningful way. If frustrated conservatives want the GOP Senate majority to " start acting like one ," McConnell's decision eliminates a lever Democrats have been using to stymie some of President Trump's judicial picks. In that sense, he's very much acting like a majority leader; a Democratic one. Try not to let your eyes glaze over as you read the details of this move, which involves dramatically reducing the power of so-called "blue slips" on judges, with which Senators from the home state of a presidential selection have been able to withhold their consent in order to prevent that nomination from moving forward. Not anymore. McConnell warned Democrats that he was leaning this direction last month, hoping they'd abandon this form of partisan blockade. They didn't. So he's followed through on his threat -- via the Weekly Standard:

[jazusamo]

Good for McConnell.

[Common Sense 101]

About damned time, you pansy, limp-wristed, turtle-faced loser...!

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

Yank the blue slip vetoes! Good!

[Leep]

Mc acting like the Republican leader?
What’s the catch?

[DannyTN]

I guess the donors got through the rino haze.

[HamiltonJay]

ABOUT DAMN TIME!! What the hell took you nearly a YEAR!! WTF!!

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

“Good for McConnell.”

Praise for McConnell? Are you insane? LOL

[NorthMountain]

I think McTurtle may be feeling some heat.

[Ted Grant]

The cuck is feeling the heat.

[IC Ken]

I will take a WIN anyway I get one.

[mazda77]

What’s the catch?

Bannon

[jazusamo]

Absolutely, you’re dead on the mark.

[Let's Roll]

Catch? That it’s still just talk - no action yet?

[pfflier]

ABOUT DAMN TIME!! What the hell took you nearly a YEAR!! WTF!!

Mitch appears to have gotten hormone treatments.

[jazusamo]

Lets git ‘er done, folks!

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[Signalman]

The RINOs are running scared.
They’re going to be primaried.
Steve Bannon is leading the charge.

[V K Lee]

Feeling the heat?

From his demeanor, it was thought he’d lost his last nerve.

[Autonomous User]

“About damned time, you pansy, limp-wristed, turtle-faced loser...!”

Don’t hold back now. Tell how you really feel about him!

[Kalamata]

Too late, McTurdle. OUT OUT OUT!

[Paine in the Neck]

McConnel’s feeling the torches burning close to his tail.