1) I did my thread yesterday on Tempo.
Grassley has the Tempo, and he has maintained the Tempo.
Grassley has the Tempo, and he has maintained the Tempo.
2) The thread if you missed it.
3) The summary is that 'tempo' is the pace at which events and developments in a story or the narrative around a situation occur.
Typically Democrats control it.
Somehow, @ChuckGrassley and the @SenateGOP have taken the tempo AWAY from the Democrats over the Ford situation.
Typically Democrats control it.
Somehow, @ChuckGrassley and the @SenateGOP have taken the tempo AWAY from the Democrats over the Ford situation.
4) My prediction, based on how the tempo was developing, was that Grassley would hold firm on the Monday hearing date in order to retain the tempo and not give Democrats time to retake the tempo.
I have been proven correct in this.
I have been proven correct in this.
5) "You have until 10 AM Friday to agree to testify Monday, and you will get considerations as to the situation." "No."
6) "Fine. You have until 5 PM Friday to agree to testify Monday, and you will get considerations. "No, I'm scared to fly."
7) "You have until 10 PM Friday to agree to testify Monday, or else we're holding the vote Monday." 😐
8) This has not been Grassley budging. This has not been Grassley folding.
Remember, Ford's lawyers and the Democrats were demanding the FBI investigate before Ford testified. By agreeing to testify, they caved on that demand.
Remember, Ford's lawyers and the Democrats were demanding the FBI investigate before Ford testified. By agreeing to testify, they caved on that demand.
9) By making the repeated offers to testify Monday, Grassley has been maintaining control over the tempo of events the entire fucking DAY.
10) And now, we wait until 10.
Grassley has not surrendered, and in fact has upped the stakes. Kavanaugh testifies, and the committee holds a vote immediately afterwards. Ford's refusal to participate in a Monday hearing is completely on her lawyers and the Democrats.
Grassley has not surrendered, and in fact has upped the stakes. Kavanaugh testifies, and the committee holds a vote immediately afterwards. Ford's refusal to participate in a Monday hearing is completely on her lawyers and the Democrats.
11) Cocaine Mitch laid out the grounds to maintaining control of the narrative that the Democrats are obstructing the Kavanaugh confirmation.
12) This confirmation is happening. The Democrats will squeal like mashed cats.
And every fucking tantrum they throw is going to be playing in every GOP political had from now until November.
And every fucking tantrum they throw is going to be playing in every GOP political had from now until November.
13) "Obstructionist Democrats don't want the government to function, they don't want positions filled, they don't want to even participate in governing the country any more."
14) Hear that? That's the 10 REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE salute at the funeral for the Democrats midterm dreams.
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