the republicans to produce 60 votes to get the vote to the floor over gorsuch. a procedural thing. if they get a filibuster started, that means the republicans have to pig up eight democrats to stop the filibuster. eight democrats . it's not clear where they would get those people. all of these people we've highlighted have already spoken up and said they will vote against gorsuch. so what are the republicans doing? they're targeting all the other ones here, particularly those that are in states that donald trump handily won for president. their idea is to say in effect you can stick with this filibuster if you want, but you may not be a senator very long because the people in your state may not appreciate it. chuck schumer meanwhile is saying no, no, no. hang in there. make them change the candidate. in the end you mentioned the nuclear option. that may not be the result. mcconnell has suggested if he
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