K-Lo, we can only hope the GOP is paying attention. I disagree with the Democrats, but I have long admired their appreciation of how central the

courts are to their program. It has been much underappreciated on our

side. You say their all-out fight is “not going to go over” with the

American people, and I think that’s true. But I think they don’t have

to “win” in a democratic sense to win in a bottom line sense. If they

prevail in the filibuster fight, they keep originalists off the courts

and incrementally accomplish their agenda. That’s far more important to

them than, say, Iran’s nukes. They can lose some seats over this

struggle and still win big-time if they block a lot of judges. It’s

critical to understand how important this is to them, and to respect

that instead of continually being nonplussed by it.