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Doesn't their fear of ending the fillibuster kind of imply that they aren't going for the whole enchilada, so to speak? It's only important to keep if they think they'll lose the majority before they're done with properly ratfucking the opposition and..whatever the fuck else they've been trying to do?
They probably think there's a good chance they only have a 2 year window before they're out.
Yeah, it’s a seminal moment for them, they were inevitably going to face this juncture, eliminate the filibuster and consolidate power is what they’ll find themselves pretty amenable to
for sure. i think the most extreme, servile-to-trump, ride or die portion are probably all for removing the filibuster. they aren't imagining a post-trump landscape, they are living for the moment.
but there is certainly some portion of republican senators hedging for a political career in a post-trump landscape, and just maybe aren't all that keen to disconnect the emergency brake given how completely off the rails things have gone in the last 9 months.
what portion falls on either side is the mystery, because of course they all want to appear loyal to the MAGA for as long as it benefits them.