Democrats can’t afford to jeopardize red staters picking pointless fights with Trump over well-qualified nominees just because Chuck Schumer thinks he has to resist everything, always, forever
Boost for Pompeo: Democrat Heidi Heitkamp says she’ll back his nomination as Secretary of State
It would be weird if the same guy who got more than 60 votes to confirm him as CIA director couldn’t get a single vote from the opposition party for Secretary of State, but we live in weird times.
The Republican Senate caucus is mostly behind Mike Pompeo, but mostly isn’t good enough. John McCain is nowhere to be seen and may never turn up in Washington again. Rand Paul seems to have it in for Pompeo because he supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and he’s determined to rehash that debate forever.