There are a couple of things that are important to comprehending the Trump cabinet elections and how Senate Democrats must approach them. The very first and crucial is that when it comes to every election the concern is totally as much as Republicans. Republican politicians have a 3 seat bulk. They have the vote of the Vice President in a tie. What occurs or does not take place is totally a matter chose within the Republican caucus. It is absolutely out of Democrats' control. What follows from that is that whatever Democrats do, inside the hearing space or exterior is merely and entirely a matter of raising the stakes of choices Republicans make and raising those stakes for the next election. The goal isn't for any Democratic senator to attempt to claw their method through the steel wall of Republican commitment to Donald Trump. It's to do whatever they can to highlight that Donald Trump personnels his administration with unqualified and/or unsafe toadies which Senate Republicans are great with this due to the fact that they put commitment to Trump over commitment to nation.
This all noises apparent. And it is apparent. Individuals battle to see the apparent as apparent. I'm seeing headings and remarks that Democrats stopped working to alter the vibrant or knock any Republicans complimentary. That's an insane requirement given that the dynamic is set. None of this has to do with whether Hegseth gets validated. Republicans manage that. It's about developing the record Republicans will be working on in 2026 and the stakes for every single Senate Republican in a competitive election.
