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For those so certain that the Republican Senate is going to ram though someone, there are a few moderates left, and they've already decided thing can wait until
by mrkstu 6y ago
For those so certain that the Republican Senate is going to ram though someone, there are a few moderates left, and they've already decided thing can wait until after the election:
"So far the following GOP Senators have pledged that they will not consider a Supreme Court appointment until after the next inauguration.
Susan Collins
Chuck Grassley
Lisa Murkowski"
[0]:https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1307115333669580807 https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1307115333669580807
The Senate is currently split 53/47, I don't believe Romney has addressed the issue yet. No one should get too bitter and divisive just yet.
- abawany 6y agoHope you're right: https://www.axios.com/trump-ginsburg-supreme-court-10bf5f37-bb33-41d6-a647-1143fbdb2d98.html https://www.axios.com/trump-ginsburg-supreme-court-10bf5f37-... . The threat of withholding money if they don't comply has got to be pretty effective to bring any independent thinkers in line.
- edoceo 6y agoAnother case for removing big money from politics
- stjohnswarts 6y agoYeah I wouldn't bet too long on that. McConnell knows how to twist arms, they will crack to pressure and get a solid conservative in there before the election. Of that I'm sure.
- odyssey7 6y agoI’d say he could also wait until after. Last time, the vacancy motivated Republican more than Democratic turnout — and if Republicans don’t win the Senate again, there’s still time after the election to do the appointment.
- gamblor956 6y agoThere are almost a dozen GOP Senate seats up at risk. A vote before the election gives them a solid victory to campaign on to their base, which might be enough to keep those seats in the GOP in November. Waiting until after the election does nothing to improve their electoral prospects, so for McConnell there's no point in waiting.
- rubyist5eva 6y agoMost of these statements were made in 2018. A lot has changed since then, and these statements where made when Samuel Alito's retirement was being floated. RBG is a totally different ball game.
- snuxoll 6y agoLike anyone can take Collins at her word anymore.
- sonotathrowaway 6y agoShe’s going to furrow her brow and try to explain why flip flopping and selling her vote in exchange for McConnell not killing her post-senate career (she’s down by ~12 points to her democratic challenger) is fine because McConnell had already learned his lesson.
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- threatofrain 6y agoIf those senators stall their own party on the highest visibility vote of their careers, then they're done.
- asdasfasdfasdf 6y agonot exactly reliable opponents
- 8note 6y agoWhen push comes to shove, republicans fall in line. Susan Collins will go on record saying she thinks trump jr is just too good of a candidate to not accept the nomination, and that'll be the end of it
- redler 6y agoAs the glib aphorism goes, Democrats want to fall in love, and Republicans want to fall in line.
- gamblor956 6y agoHuge caveat: of those 3, only Murkowski actually made her statement after RBG passed. Collins made her statement hypothetically earlier in the campaign, and Grassley made his hypothetical statement back in 2018 during that election cycle. So far, Murkowski is the only confirmed GOP defector, and 4 total defectors are needed to prevent nomination hearings before the election.
- chillwaves 6y ago3 will be allowed to defect and Pence will be the tie breaking vote. All of this is coordinated, all of this is staged.
- vinay427 6y agoDo you have a source for such a direct claim?
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y agoIt's just how these things work. A few senators are allowed to defect and make a hoopla, but nobody wants to be the final defector that changes the actual outcome, because his or her political career would be over. McCain famously did it during his last vote, because he knew he was going to die shortly thereafter.
- vinay427 6y agoThere's a bit of difference between what you're outlining and "coordinated" as the GP mentions. One seems far less nefarious and just in line with the realities of certain democracies and re-election.
- chillwaves 6y agoIt's my prediction of the future.
- ENOTTY 6y ago50/50 split means the Vice President decides. Game over.
- divbzero 6y agoThe sensible side of me would deem this blind optimism but… Maybe, just maybe, senators respecting Justice Ginsburg’s last wish will be the first step on a long road towards healing our toxic political polarization.