SCOTUS 13: Confirmation consternation contemplation

[Handyman]

Re: SCOTUS 13: Confirmation consternation contemplation

She’s the only one.

Well I can see how she was "duped" in the tax reform vote

She is CYAing both sides of this. Good lord...

edit: She is trying to tell us Kavanaugh wont insulate Trump from charges? Was she dropped on her head?

[BassAle]

Collins sure does love to listen to herself talk...

She’s the only one.

[Handyman]

Re: SCOTUS 13: Confirmation consternation contemplation

Collins sure does love to listen to herself talk...

[Handyman]

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'I've had more thorough investigations to find my AirPods.' Stephen Colbert slams FBI report on Kavanaugh https://t.co/nhKmNk2g8k

— TIME (@TIME) October 5, 2018

[Handyman]

Re: SCOTUS 13: Confirmation consternation contemplation

Those studies will be burned in the Emperor's purge of all knowledge in 2025

Sad but true...

Yeah Flake said he was a likely yes so no surprise there. If Manchin breaks ranks he might as well switch parties cause he will be Dem in Name Only.

[Wisko McBadgerton]

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Collins is supposed to announce any minute. If it's yes, that's enough. If no, then Manchin is the swing vote, the exact place he didn't want to be.

[Wisko McBadgerton]

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No big surprise but Flake is a confirmed yes.

[bronconick]

Re: SCOTUS 13: Confirmation consternation contemplation

Oh good call. Never thought of that!

50 years from now PoliSci classes will study these Trump Era votes as case studies on how not to run the Legislative Branch and how things truly get done.

Those studies will be burned in the Emperor's purge of all knowledge in 2025

[Handyman]

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If there's 50 no's Mitch postpones the vote until Daines can come back, probably Sunday. I suppose Manchin could lie and tell R's he's a yes then vote no and retire before he's censured by the Senate and fired by voters, but that seems pretty unlikely. So seems to me if the vote gets confirmed for Saturday, D's don't have the votes.

I dont think Mitch knows either way. I think the swing voters kept it silent just like they did with Health Care.

He cant postpone now they called the question. (yes he CAN but he wont) He has guaranteed this for weeks its now or never. If he postpones Kavanaugh never gets confirmed. (the longer they wait the more pressure on Flake who is 50/50 anyways) Plus Trump might throw him from a helicopter or something The votes goes down tomorrow whether he has the votes or not.

[The Sicatoka]

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If there's 50 no's Mitch postpones the vote until Daines can come back, probably Sunday.

... via a chartered X-15.

[Handyman]

Re: SCOTUS 13: Confirmation consternation contemplation

Saying she's voting yes so the Montana Senator can get on his plane to his daughters wedding without McConnell and Trump harassing him to stay.

Oh good call. Never thought of that!

50 years from now PoliSci classes will study these Trump Era votes as case studies on how not to run the Legislative Branch and how things truly get done.

[Handyman]

Re: SCOTUS 13: Confirmation consternation contemplation

Courtesy to Manchin perhaps? So he doesn't have to wait until the eleventh hour to be told what his opinion is going to be.

Possible. I am guessing they all cut deals with each other...

[The Sicatoka]

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Yeah I’m gonna go with that

The word you were looking for is ... "cover".

She's found someone to provide her cover.

[Wisko McBadgerton]

Re: SCOTUS 13: Confirmation consternation contemplation

If there's 50 no's Mitch postpones the vote until Daines can come back, probably Sunday. I suppose Manchin could lie and tell R's he's a yes then vote no and retire before he's censured by the Senate and fired by voters, but that seems pretty unlikely. So seems to me if the vote gets confirmed for Saturday, D's don't have the votes.

[GrinCDXX]

Saying she's voting yes so the Montana Senator can get on his plane to his daughters wedding without McConnell and Trump harassing him to stay.

If Murkowski is a no, they'll need his vote even if Collins is a yes.

Edit: forgot about Manchin, he complicates things.