Talk about an anticlimax: On Thursday the Senate confirmed Mike Pompeo 57-42 after Democrats threatened for weeks to torpedo the Secretary of State for no reason other than rank partisanship. This is a preview of what Democrats will do if they win the Senate in November—shut down the Trump Administration—and the GOP needs to kick it into gear on staffing the executive branch.
Six Democrats and one independent voted to confirm Mr. Pompeo, mostly those running for re-election this year in Trump states, including Claire McCaskill...