consumer protections board because they didn't like the underlying dodd/frank law in which it was created. she ran for the senate after they blocked her with filibuster. same thing with merrick garland who never got a hearing in the last year of the obama presidency. there is plenty of dirt under the fingernails on both sides. the democrats have limited leverage. the question is from their point of view whether they can use the process to begin to drive a story. the trump presidency, the trump agenda in many ways is offering a wish list with one big exception of tariffs for corporate america presented under the rubric of providing benefits for american workers. in many of the nominees i think they're hoping to begin to drive a story that what he promised is no the what you are getting, whether environmental or consumer protections or workplace protections, being rolled back. it's a government delivering something different than promised. whether they can make the case is something else but it's their first chance to begin driving