[wbarmy]

Once Kavanaugh reaches the Senate floor, he needs a simple majority to be confirmed after Republicans went “nuclear” to get rid of the 60-vote filibuster last year.

Seriously pushing the envelope on that one. In November 2013, Senate Democrats used the nuclear option to eliminate the 60-vote rule, Republicans only voted to get rid of the exemption for Supreme Court Justices. It was the Democrats who cut their own throat.

[Sacajaweau]

Good ole Chuckie pushed the envelope on Gorsuch and the Repubs said "Watch this"....went nuclear and got rid of the 60 vote requirement for USSC.

Dems are not soooooo smart...Ginsberg should have retired and Chuckie should have shut his mouth.

President Trump could nominate a couple more before his termS are over.

[Sooth2222]

In November 2013, Senate Democrats used the nuclear option to eliminate the 60-vote rule, Republicans only voted to get rid of the exemption for Supreme Court Justices. It was the Democrats who cut their own throat.

IIRC, Harry Reid actually said that the only reason that the SC wasn't covered by the filibuster nuke was that there wasn't an Obama SC nominee at the time.

(That nuking the filibuster was a stupid strategic idea for the Democrats should have been obvious just by looking at the electoral map. Who came up with it? Obama?)