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Pam Bondi. She's not much, if any, better than Matt Gaetz, but her nomination will be much harder to defeat.

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I'm not so sure the Senate stopping Trump from his worst instincts is a 'good' political result for Democrats. Most voters have no idea who either Hesgeth or Gaetz are, and aren't going to care that Trump tried to hire incompetent morons.

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J Benjamin: don't you think that just the fact that his nomination failed will register with at least some MAGA voters?

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No

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So does Trump elevate Todd Blanche to nominee for AG now?

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Sex trafficking? Sexual assault? No doubt Trump is still wondering what the fuss is all about.

Birds of a feather - it takes one to know one. I could go on.

The campaign probably thought this was a more palatable way to handle this one. It was looking more and more as if the Senate would not confirm, the death knell to his attempt to control the Senate, giving Trump his first defeat right out of the gate.

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