Do not allow the Democrats to play victim here. There are parlimentary paradigms that would allow them to stop the senate from considering anyone on anything.

The Democrats will not avail themselves to this maneuvering because it would require them to work versus bitch about how it’s all so unfair to them. This whining is bullshit. The Senator from New York could wrangle this, but Schumer is not too interested in playing hardball or winning. The Senate democrats need new leadership.

There are a range of tools available to Democrats to apply constant pressure. The Senate operates on what are called “unanimous consent” agreements, or U.C.s — pacts that set the daily schedule and the terms of conduct for all business. As the name suggests, every senator has to agree to a U.C. If a single senator objects, the U.C. is blocked. Democrats can bring the business of the Senate to a halt by systematically denying U.C. agreements. This simply requires stationing one senator on the floor at all times — senators can rotate every few hours, they just need to be physically present on the floor to say, “I object,” anytime Republicans try to pass a U.C.

Senator Graham and Senator Romney could eat shit.