With Republican Sens. Susan Collins (ME) and Lisa Murkowski (AK) announcing this week that they'd vote no on confirming Todd Blanche as DOJ Attorney General, many political observers were thinking Sen. Bill Cassidy (LA) would continue his bitter little revenge tour and follow suit.

He surprised everyone, though, on Friday morning, announcing that he would vote to confirm the Acting AG to the permanent position, in a speech given on the Senate floor.

He said in part:

"Mr. Blanche is not perfect, and he will tell you this. But the choice is not between perfection and Mr. Blanche. It is between Mr. Blanche and another acting attorney general who may not run the department effectively under President Trump, and who indeed may not be as good as Mr. Blanche."

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What this means is that Blanche is very likely to be confirmed:

We should note for the record, of course, that Cassidy's speech was not without some predictable theatrics, as observed by RedState's favorite Louisianian, senior editor Joe Cunningham:

Cassidy's full speech is below:

This is a developing story. Stay tuned to RedState for updates.