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Judicial branch coming through for the people:
Judge blocks Trump from ending protections for 300,000 immigrants
This will let many families in my area breathe a little easier….for now. I've seen what the Trump immigration policies do to families and kids…it's heartrending.
The Denver Post editorial board urges Gardner to vote NO on Kavanaugh. Too bad they helped put Gardner in office by endorsing him in 2014. Better late than never? Nope.
Well, there you have it:
51-49 to advance.
One Senator voting yes will be away for his daughter's wedding on Saturday, when the final vote is expected, leading to 50-49.
So, any additional defections (Collins, Flake, Manchin) and maintenance of the opposition (probable) would sink the nomination. Veep Pence drops out of the equation.
Perhaps somehow, Manchin could be convinced to flip. A longshot, but you never know.
It blows my mind that we are still only talking about these few senators. T***ps' moral vacuum has sucked ALL the other Republican Senators into this cesspool of party politics. Where are the reporters and electeds who are, daily, reminding the voters of the crooked shit started by Mitch McConnell? I would not apologize for anything short of violence that senators, congressmen, professional public servants, the press, and millions of citizens do to stop this miscarriage of justice. Remember Merrick Garland? Mc Connell and his bunch of criminal billionaires DIDN'T EVEN GIVE HIM A HEARING.
There is no apologizing here. These are fascist tactics being used to subvert justice. Using the same talking point used by every Republican at the time. This appointment should not even be considered until AFTER the people vote. McConnell has been planning to put a Republican RWNJ on the bench for along time. He is squirming now. His plan is being threatened by conscience, morality, and ethics. Things, of which, he has no understanding.
This will definitely have consequences for Republicans in November. But we are in the depths of the ugliest period in our politics since the Civil War. Even the '50's during McCarthyism weren't this bad.
Totally agree with you, Duke. These are far from normal times, and sadly but realistically Dems and U's cannot just be the nice guys. McConnell is as dirty as they come, and ALL of the R's who have mindlessly followed his lead need to pay at the ballot box, sooner or later.
Manchin is up in the polls by something between 8 and 10%. He has the luxury of being able to do the right thing and live to tell about it.
And yet he won't.
They already have a contingency plan to delay the vote until Saturday night or Sunday morning to allow Daines time to return if necessary.
I mean, it's the (D) that counts, right?
I’m almost certain that’s what Deborah Ramirez would say, anyway.
Well, it probably doesn't matter anymore. When it looked like the Dems might take the majority in November in the Senate – I know, a long shot – Manchin would have served a purpose.
Just like in 2006 when Harry Reid welcomed Joe Lieberman back – with a committee chairmanship, no less – because he was #51. All was forgiven.
Lieberman still voted like an asshole when it came to Iraq and neo-con issues, but he also voted to make Harry Reid majority leader. Manchin, if re-elected, presumably would vote with the Dems to organize the Senate. If it turned out that the Senate was 49 Republicans and 50 Democrats, then Manchin's vote would matter a great deal regardless of how he voted on particular issues.
It will probably end up still being 51 Republicans to 49 Democrats come January (ND and MO will swap with AZ and NV) so it doesn't really matter.
When things get dicey is when Ginsburg finally has to retire for medical reasons and Trump rolls out Amy Barrett as his next nominee. Be afraid, be very afraid.
I do not like his judicial nominees for many reasons but you have to admire how he has kept his word to his base and delivers on it.
Real Clear Politics reflected couple days ago what R & R says. Senate, with toss-ups removed, stays 51-49 R.
Elections do have consequences. All those Dems who stayed home two years ago figuring Hillary had it in the bag. And I don’t think they have learned their lesson yet.
We may have the first person offering to host Susan Collins' retirement party in 2020
Even more amazing is that “generic Democrat” has raised about $2 million to kickstart their campaign!
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/10/susan-collins-brett-kavanaugh-vote-maine-senator-donations.html?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=traffic&utm_content=TheSlatest&utm_source=newsletter&sid=5388f44edd52b8e41100d97c
Maine has one Dem and one Republican House member. Wonder if the Dem House member wants to take on Collins in two years?
Options already mentioned include Susan Rice (Obama's United Nations ambassador and national security adviser, with long ties to Maine), Chellie Pingree (US Rep, Maine-01), previous opponent Shenna Bellows (ACLU exec, now Maine State Senator), and Sarah Gideon (Speaker of the House).