As the most contentious current nomination of the dozens of Trump picks works its way through the sherpa phase of individual meetings with senators, a pretty significant development took place yesterday increasing the chances for Pete Hegseth to clear the confirmation hurdle and become Secretary of Defense in January.
In the wake of another Beltway special smear job originating out of NBC News, but gleefully echoed by CBS and other elite media, 10 anonymous sources have allegedly claimed that Hegseth has a severe drinking problem, and it impacted his performance on air at Fox News. Hegseth vehemently denies it, as do 10 more Fox News current colleagues that have gone on the record to call BS on the NBC story. Before yesterday, there seemed to be a growing sense that there were going to be too many Republicans in the upper chamber queasy about walking this plank, and two…
