If the report from Axios is accurate, the nomination of communist Saule Omarova to Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is sunk.
However, this could also be viewed as an Overton window maneuver where the next radical nominated will be only slightly less communist, and thereby gain appointment.
AXIOS – […] In phone call on Wednesday, Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), all members of the Senate Banking Committee, told Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) — the panel’s chairman — of their opposition. They’re joined in opposing her by Sens. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.). (more)
Senator Mark Warner’s opposition is a little unusual. Perhaps this is a downstream consequence of the recent Virginia election. Regardless, at least this is one nomination that did not get through. So far, Biden’s economic, energy and finance policies have been disastrous for Main Street; unfortunately, that also looks like a feature not a flaw.
If Senator Jon Tester is opposing her, well and good, but look behind his motivations. Tester faces reelection in 2024, same as Joe Biden or his successor. Tester has willingly signed on to almost all of Biden’s agenda, just as he did during the Obama years. Tester is ‘centerist’ only when elections are oncoming; otherwise he works for Chuck You Schumer like a sock puppet. This is the same sidestep- five years leftist, one year “independent, centerist, aw, shucks” political image former Senator Max Baucus mastered for thirty plus years. It’s not for nothing that Tester already has a billboard facing I-90 by Missoula (and perhaps other communities)- depicting Tester in aviator shades and a pilots’ jacket, with the phrase ” Jon Tester getting done!” well before campaign season starts. Don’t believe Tester has seen the light, by any means….