Dick Durbin is now at the center of a Supreme Court confirmation fight. Allies say he's more than re

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ready.

WASHINGTON – Just inside the entryway of Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin’s Capitol Hill office hangs a framed whip scorpion, an imposing arachnid found in parts of the southern U.S. that uses its spiny appendages to whip both prey and potential mates to sense its surrounding environment.

The specimen, on loan from The Field Museum in Chicago, is a longstanding reminder of Durbin’s role as Democratic whip, the party's No. 2 in the Senate tasked with anticipating his colleagues' moves – both friend and foe alike. It's a role he's played for more than 15 years and one he'll channel as the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee in the upcoming battle to confirm President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who is poised to become the first Black woman on the high court.

But the bruising process won't be easy. Recent Supreme Court confirmations have been marked by toxic partisan fights spanning from the GOP race to seat Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett in the weeks before the 2020 election – and after Republicans blocked President Barack Obama's pick for eight months before the 2016 election – to the emotionally charged confirmation process of Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

While Biden's pick won't change the high court's 6-3 conservative tilt, polarizing issues on the docket like abortion rights and affirmative action as well as GOP senators with an eye on the 2024 presidential election are likely to set up an acrimonious battle. The fight will require a sharp tactician like Durbin to score a much-needed win for Biden and vulnerable Democrats bracing for an uphill battle in November's midterm elections.

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[PoliticAverse]

1. What 'fight'? Someone thinks Democrats will have a problem getting 50 votes?? n/t

[IngridsLittleAngel]

2. I can't imagine where Durbin would get such an idea...

I mean, what on Sinema could make him Manchin that getting 50 votes could be a battle?

[spanone]

3. We'll find out what level of racists we have in the republican senators.

Won't every Democrat vote for confirmation?