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Okay, everybody, here is where the continuing fight moves to another confrontation: the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the DC Circuit. If the Dems filibuster Kavanaugh -- or if Judiciary GOPers don't move him to the floor -- then all hell should break loose. I mean, the GOPers who signed this agreement should be forced, by every political means available, including utter curtailment of all pork projects in their states, including being stripped of prized committee posts, including EVERYTHING available, to guarantee a straight-up-or-down floor vote on Kavanaugh, including by reinvocation of the constitutional option. If there is ANY deal to block Kavanaugh, every conservative in the country ought to man the ramparts. If Kavanaugh doesn't get a vote... indeed, if he doesn't get CONFIRMED... Lindsey Graham should be ostracized into oblivion. And the WHite House ought to join in the moves to squash these guys; after all, Brett is a top White House staffer. Blocking Brett's nomination would be the single biggest direct slap in the face to the WHite House that is possibly imaginable.
Now,why should conservatives care about Kavanaugh? Because he is a principled, thoughtful, brilliant, conservative, fair-minded young attorney of the first order. Conservatives who have dealt with him think he's great; moderates know he is fair, a straight shooter, etc. And Bob Woodward, of all people, paints Brett as a hero in his book on the Starr investigation.
Aha! The Starr investigation! Now we see the root of the Dems' pathetic objections to Brett. Anybody who worked for Ken Starr is treated, ipso facto, as a leper by the Dems. Never mind that Woodward describes Kavanaugh as the fair-minded, thoughtful adult in the Starr outfit -- wise beyond his years, far more balanced in his perspective than Starr was.
There is NO good reason for the Dems to oppose such a principled and fair-minded nominee. The ONLY reason they can offer is guilt by association.
For those reasons, this should be THE test case of the deal. If Kavanaugh is blocked by permanent filibuster, the GOP should say the deal has been breached, and do the constitutional option IMMEDIATELY. There is NO way, none on earth, that Brett's nomination can be characterized as an "extraordinary circumstance."
So, to Lindsey Graham and Mike DeWine and Susan Collins, et al., here's the gauntlet being thrown at your feet: Confirm Brett Kavanaugh, or your political career is over. Book it.