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In reply to the discussion: Ron Perlman: 'We must suspend this regime's power to legislate until allegations fully resolved' [View all]onenote
(46,143 posts)And as Reid's former chief of staff noted, blindly blocking everyone and everything is a bad idea.
Trump's getting heat and looking inept for failing to put forward nominees for the hundreds of non-cabinet level positions that require confirmation. We'd be letting him off the hook if we blindly slow rolled them all, not based on any objection to them on the merits, but because we think its a good idea to bollox up everything the Senate does while waiting for the "final resolution" of the collusion allegations.
That would be a great way to energize the Trumpians.
Finally, I don't think I exaggerated Perlman's proposal. Unlike Reid's chief of staff, who tied the objection strategy (not used blindly) to getting a serious investigation going, Perlman's proposal is to stop legislation in its tracks until the investigation is "finally resolved."