I cross-posted my last entry to Daily Kos. One of the responses I received was to the effect of “this is not a game; the Senate needs to advise and consent, demand documents, etc., then make a decision; and that celebrating is premature.” (paraphrased) That’s fair, I respect the opinion, and I felt I hadn’t explained myself fully enough. So, some clarification:

The Republican party realized a long time ago that politics is a game and they set about learning how to win it. That said, I in no way mean to imply that this is frivolous or not of consequence.

When planning a strategy you have to account for even the things you don’t want to hear. Otherwise, you might as well go sign up for the Bush war planning department. Here is reality: she will get confirmed. Do you honestly think there is a snowball’s chance in $@#% of any other outcome?

Another thing about strategy planning: it’s a good idea to have an endgame planned before you go in. So you can’t count on any blinding revelations to come out of the confirmation hearings. If by some miracle that does happen, there will be time enough left to filibuster or give a straight down vote with moderate Republican support.

So if we assume a) that nothing revealing will come out and b) that she will be confirmed, the question becomes: what advantage can we gain from this? What is our endgame?

Have you read any right-wing blogs today? We have a very clear opportunity here. I think this concept of blindly doing the same thing over and over again is BAD. We need to analyze the situation and gain whatever we can here. In military terms, a wedge is a great way to break the ranks of the enemy. I can see no better gain here.

Read the original post if you haven’t already.