So she's in a close race you say... Worried about your liberal support leaving you if you vote for ACB? What about your conservative base if you vote against ACB...GOTUS doesn't stand around with his thumb up his ass and say do what you have to. He Remembers all the times she's put a knife in our backs and calls her out on it.
Now, she has 2 choices, and both of them can cause her to loose her election. The safe bet is to back ACB. The Losing bet is to piss off what's left of the Republican base in Maine because you know the Democrats will not be voting for her no matter what she does.
I'm so sick of her positioning herself as a "swing vote." Sure, she SHOULD lose the conservatives in her bid for reelection. But since she'd be replaced by a Dem, we all know what that would mean for the cases where she DOES support Trump.
You bet. Remember Jeff Flake followed around by the media during the Kavanaugh clown show? They all love it. Same with John Roberts now, who imagines himself another Anthony Kennedy.
Yeah, but Collins overplayed her hand here. She is no longer a "swing vote."
Remember during her Kavinaugh speech how she said that Senate confirmation should be about whether the candidate was qualified. So, I guess she doesn't think ACB is qualified. The ABA rates her as "well qualified" - its highest rating. So, I guess it must be a gender thing.
Collins is not worth it. But, her Senate seat is very valuable.
Collins' reelection or defeat could mean the difference between Senate Majority Leader Cocaine Mitch, or Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schemer.
Further, control of all the committees switch to Democrats. Instead of Lindsey Graham chairing the Judiciary Committee, it would be Feinstein.
Confirmation of conservative federal court judges would grind to a halt. The remaking of the federal judiciary branch will be Trump's lasting legacy, and handing the Senate to the Democrats would stop that.
I understand Trump's frustration. But, I think he knows the long game, and this is just a shot across her bow.
I hate these traitorous R's a lot more than the deranged dems. The dems always stick together and are predictable to vote for the things that got them into office. It may be leftist crap, but you can bet they'll support it and that includes a liberal justice. But these weak, shaky pathetic R's are the worst because they have no convictions, principals and they are always running scared.
I've got more contempt for Gov. Abbott right now than any dem residing in the state of TX. He flip-flops and caves to the local Austin media. He's been weak and pathetic with the scamdemic and he didn't start out that way when this hit at the beginning of the year. I've noticed that Trump never talks about or mentions him anymore. He used to praise Abbott a lot, but he knows how feckless he is and anyone like that is untrustworthy.
Remember this RINO single handily gave us Obama Care. She did not vote for it, but she did vote to pass it out of the committee and to the floor of the senate. If she had voted no there, we would not have Obama Care.
Yes, I get the 50+ majority on the senate. But these RINO's are the reason the Republican's can't get Anything done. YES, we need to primary her...but for some reason we can't primary her for the same reason...we might loose control. So we are stuck with the RINOS.....look at Murkowsky....She was primaried and still managed to get back!
As long as the majority control of the Senate is a razor-thin margin, every seat is a potential game changer. Getting rid of a RINO is folly if it results in Democrats controlling the Senate, because it changes the entire Senate agenda, not just the outcome of a single vote.
But, every action has a reaction. You can't look at any one event and presume to predict the alternative future, because it creates a new set of circumstances that never happened.
Obamacare resulted in one of the largest midterm blowouts in history, and the reverberations are still being felt. Without Obama, there would have been no Trump. Without Perot and Clinton, there would have been no "Republican Revolution" in 1994.
Murkowski was an unusual case, because she was the legacy of a corrupt family (her father) that remained popular with Democrats in Alaska. And Collins is also an unusual case: she has held on as a Republican, in a state that is majority Democrat. If she is defeated, she won't replaced by a Republican.
EVEN IF it was 100% certain she would not be re-elected;
How corrupt and power hungry are you to think that another 6 years as a senator is more important than replacing a scotus liberal judge with a young originalist? What could she possibly influence later to be more important than that?
So she's in a close race you say... Worried about your liberal support leaving you if you vote for ACB? What about your conservative base if you vote against ACB...GOTUS doesn't stand around with his thumb up his ass and say do what you have to. He Remembers all the times she's put a knife in our backs and calls her out on it.
Now, she has 2 choices, and both of them can cause her to loose her election. The safe bet is to back ACB. The Losing bet is to piss off what's left of the Republican base in Maine because you know the Democrats will not be voting for her no matter what she does.
I'm so sick of her positioning herself as a "swing vote." Sure, she SHOULD lose the conservatives in her bid for reelection. But since she'd be replaced by a Dem, we all know what that would mean for the cases where she DOES support Trump.
Win in November, primary her next time around.
Exactly. She needs to be challenged in the primary. 👍
in 6 years much of this will be ancient history
That's been their entire career, her, Romney, and Murkowski... always playing for the swing vote to get backdoor deals.
There is good money and media attention to being a "swing vote." She is a greedy attention whore.
You bet. Remember Jeff Flake followed around by the media during the Kavanaugh clown show? They all love it. Same with John Roberts now, who imagines himself another Anthony Kennedy.
Yeah, but Collins overplayed her hand here. She is no longer a "swing vote."
Remember during her Kavinaugh speech how she said that Senate confirmation should be about whether the candidate was qualified. So, I guess she doesn't think ACB is qualified. The ABA rates her as "well qualified" - its highest rating. So, I guess it must be a gender thing.
Gideon is the least of the problems with defeating Collins. See my explanation here:
https://thedonald.win/p/HrTdqplQ/x/c/199hNts1Gq
Out of staters should not be allowed to run for office anywhere but where they are born.
A vote for Amy Barrett is NOT a vote supporting Trump. Its a vote supporting a Conservative Supreme Court Justice.
Any Republican that doesn't vote to confirm is NOT A REPUBLICAN
lol, among ALL the political donations texts I'm getting, I got one for Collins. My response was "why won't she support ACB?"
-never heard back
Susan Collins is such a weak shaky rino cunt... get her the fuck out of there
There is far more at stake than Collins. See my comment here:
https://thedonald.win/p/HrTdqplQ/x/c/199hNts1Gq
Agreed. Collins is not worth it.
Collins is not worth it. But, her Senate seat is very valuable.
Collins' reelection or defeat could mean the difference between Senate Majority Leader Cocaine Mitch, or Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schemer.
Further, control of all the committees switch to Democrats. Instead of Lindsey Graham chairing the Judiciary Committee, it would be Feinstein.
Confirmation of conservative federal court judges would grind to a halt. The remaking of the federal judiciary branch will be Trump's lasting legacy, and handing the Senate to the Democrats would stop that.
I understand Trump's frustration. But, I think he knows the long game, and this is just a shot across her bow.
I don't care. Done with RINOs. Primary them or let them be replaced. Let the chips fall where they may.
I don't like them either. I hate Romney with a passion.
But the consequences of their defeat could be far worse.
I hate these traitorous R's a lot more than the deranged dems. The dems always stick together and are predictable to vote for the things that got them into office. It may be leftist crap, but you can bet they'll support it and that includes a liberal justice. But these weak, shaky pathetic R's are the worst because they have no convictions, principals and they are always running scared.
I've got more contempt for Gov. Abbott right now than any dem residing in the state of TX. He flip-flops and caves to the local Austin media. He's been weak and pathetic with the scamdemic and he didn't start out that way when this hit at the beginning of the year. I've noticed that Trump never talks about or mentions him anymore. He used to praise Abbott a lot, but he knows how feckless he is and anyone like that is untrustworthy.
Him: "Collins' reelection or defeat could mean the difference between Senate Majority Leader Cocaine Mitch, or Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schemer."
You: "I don't care."
really? That's sad, and stupid.
Still don't care.
Fuck you and your compromises.
I'm done with Romney, Murkowski, Collins, H1B Lee and all of the other RINOs, hope they all lose.
Well, that's pretty fucking stupid. If enough people are as stupid as you, we could lose the whole ball of wax this year.
Too bad so sad. GOP should step up and Primary these RINOs.
If we lose, we lose, so be it.
I'll vote for Trump and Lion Party only. Will never vote for a RINO and hope they all lose.
GOP Should not have kept her
Remember this RINO single handily gave us Obama Care. She did not vote for it, but she did vote to pass it out of the committee and to the floor of the senate. If she had voted no there, we would not have Obama Care.
Yes, I get the 50+ majority on the senate. But these RINO's are the reason the Republican's can't get Anything done. YES, we need to primary her...but for some reason we can't primary her for the same reason...we might loose control. So we are stuck with the RINOS.....look at Murkowsky....She was primaried and still managed to get back!
As long as the majority control of the Senate is a razor-thin margin, every seat is a potential game changer. Getting rid of a RINO is folly if it results in Democrats controlling the Senate, because it changes the entire Senate agenda, not just the outcome of a single vote.
But, every action has a reaction. You can't look at any one event and presume to predict the alternative future, because it creates a new set of circumstances that never happened.
Obamacare resulted in one of the largest midterm blowouts in history, and the reverberations are still being felt. Without Obama, there would have been no Trump. Without Perot and Clinton, there would have been no "Republican Revolution" in 1994.
Murkowski was an unusual case, because she was the legacy of a corrupt family (her father) that remained popular with Democrats in Alaska. And Collins is also an unusual case: she has held on as a Republican, in a state that is majority Democrat. If she is defeated, she won't replaced by a Republican.
EVEN IF it was 100% certain she would not be re-elected;
How corrupt and power hungry are you to think that another 6 years as a senator is more important than replacing a scotus liberal judge with a young originalist? What could she possibly influence later to be more important than that?
Just a FYI: Collins voted for Kagan and Sotomayor.
Why the frick would she vote for Kavanaugh but NOT Barrett? Is it the "too close to election" shit?
Collins is finished. She played both sides for too long . Maine needs a real conservative not that weak republican loser.
It's not a nasty rumor. She's on the record as a no vote.