2016 Postmortem

0rganism

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13. a couple of the most egregious will get cut, for the sake of perceived GOP "independence"

Tue Dec 13, 2016, 04:22 PM

Dec 2016

Trump played this right, though: get a batch of the most extreme toxic nominees possible, let the outrage focus on a handful of the worst of the lot, replace them with highly-visible "compromise" nominees. meanwhile, most of the assholes fly through confirmation under the radar. 3 months from now, Trump goes before his supporters and brags about how he made a Great Deal and got 90% of what he asked for.

so who do you want to be sacrificed to our selective outrage?
Tillerson State
Sessions AG
Zinke Interior
Price HHS
DeVos Education
Chao Transportation
Mattis Defense
Carson HUD
Pompeo CIA
Mnuchin Treasury
Flynn NSA

pick 2

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Will any of Trump's appointments be rejected by Congress? [View all] still_one Dec 2016 OP

only if filibuster is used beachbum bob Dec 2016 #1

I really should put that as an option. I will add it now. Thanks still_one Dec 2016 #3

Tillerson isn't making it passed the confirmation Jean-Jacques Roussea Dec 2016 #2

I hope you are right Jean, but I am not so sure still_one Dec 2016 #4

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2016 #9

I am being optomistic katmondoo Dec 2016 #5

Even the rethugs know that they will get killed if they let Txbluedog Dec 2016 #6

Democrats eliminated the filibuster for all appointments in 2013 tritsofme Dec 2016 #7

The filibuster rules are determined traditionally at the being of a Senate session still_one Dec 2016 #8

Doesn't matter kudzu22 Dec 2016 #11

You are mistaken. The Senate is a continuous body, the rules will stay the same tritsofme Dec 2016 #12

Nope budkin Dec 2016 #10

a couple of the most egregious will get cut, for the sake of perceived GOP "independence" 0rganism Dec 2016 #13