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Had began to disrupt mitch mcconnell's leadership. they forced a government shutdown during president obama's second term against the desires of the leadership. and now you can see the next generation of even more rebellious faction coming into power, making things even more complicated for mitch mcconnell. he has 52 votes and a senate that requires 60 on many pieces of legislation. that's no room for error there. if you lose a roy moore on the right and lose others, there's not a governing coalition. you don't really have a majority part right now in the senate. >> actually, mika answered my ...

Confirmations like these have become kind of routine. that's also a new phenomenon. the smooth routine judicial confirmations. it's the result of something that senate democrats did last year while republicans howled. last year harry reid partially detonated the so-called nuclear option. he and democrats changed the senate rules to effectively ban the minority party from blocking votes on federal judges for appointees to the executive branch jobs. with the republicans in the minority in the senate and blockading a whole series of critical nominees, the move back then made tactical sense. you c...