RBG Politcal Discussion

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The GOP “no” votes will be: Collins, Murkowski, Sasse, Romney, Grassley, Gardner, and a couple others. That’s the ball game. Doug Jones is a principled liberal who is en route to a surprise re-election. Manchin ... who knows what he’ll do. Moot point. Seriously: this is really all y’all need to know. No new appointment. Sorry Trumpeters .

So if they won’t vote “Before” the election, what’s to stop them from voting on a nominee on 11/4?

Grassley, Romney and Collins have already said that they would not vote for a SC Justice in 2020. If Mark Kelly wins AZ (likely since he is up well over 10% in the polling and McSally was an appointee, not actually elected and is not very popular in AZ), then he will be seated on 11/4, since he is a special election replacement for Kyl).

So, right now, there are four senators (Grassley, Romney, Murkowski and Collins) that have said that they will not vote for a SC replacement before the election. So, McConnell is going to have to convince one of them to change his mind. The longer that takes, and the closer it gets to the election, the harder it will be to convince them.

If they make it to the election, then Grassley, Romney, Collins and Kelly will not vote in the lame duck session. McConnell would have to get one of the three R's to then break their word and change their mind and vote in the lame duck session.

Either way, it's not a slam dunk for McConnell. He'll be focused on making it happen, but it isn't going to be easy.

Kelly can't be seated until the AZ election is certified, probably closer to Thanksgiving.

[Anonymous]

A Trump sounding...reasonable. How strange.

[Anonymous]

Biden, in live remarks, notes his expectation that the Senate keep the same rules as 2016...the voters select the president, the president selects the SCOTUS nominees.

[Anonymous]

Biden should nominate Obama.

[Anonymous]

This will be a great consolation prize, even if Trump loses we put a hardcore right winger on SCOTUS. 😈

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This will be a great consolation prize, even if Trump loses we put a hardcore right winger on SCOTUS. 😈

That's not the fcking point of the Court.
- a registered Republican and Never Trumper

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GOP will fill her seat by January. Can lose Collins, Murk, Romney and that’s still a 50-50 tie that Pence will split.

Nope. Not gonna get Sasse and Grassley.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Biden should nominate Obama.

No. This is an awful idea. Obama is certainly qualified and its been done before (Taft) but this would be politically stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Biden should nominate Obama.

Which one?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This will be a great consolation prize, even if Trump loses we put a hardcore right winger on SCOTUS. 😈

Ezekial 18:20. Or, if you prefer: Hosea 8:7.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Biden should nominate Obama.

No. This is an awful idea. Obama is certainly qualified and its been done before (Taft) but this would be politically stupid.

This. It's also not needed, there are too many qualified liberal people worthy of nomination to do such a thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:GOP will fill her seat by January. Can lose Collins, Murk, Romney and that’s still a 50-50 tie that Pence will split.

Nope. Not gonna get Sasse and Grassley.

Grassley’s people have already said he’ll vote for the nominee.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Biden should nominate Obama.

Which one?

Michelle

[Anonymous]

Martha McSally is going to lose her seat in AZ. She has to leave by November 30th bc she wasn’t elected, per AZ law.

That means that with Collins, Murkowski, and Grassley out the GOP doesn’t have the votes, so long as they don’t do the vote before Dec 1.

[Anonymous]

Was this a fake "just heard" reaction? I'm not sure of the time of death being public, what he was doing prior to question, and question. Someone must have told him before reporters, right?