Brett Kavanaugh

[tinselwolverine]

Yes (tomorrow's vote is the vote). That why I don't get why Republicans are so stuck on Kavanaugh. Just appoint someone else that will do all the same things, but wasn't a key guy behind the Clinton impeachment effort.

I heard an analyst on the radio saying that it is too late to get a different candidate through before the November election.

Obviously a shift in the Senate could profoundly change who would be able to be confirme

 

[Spartanmack]

I think so. One headline described it as ending any democrat filibuster.

yeah, that's the cloture vote.

 

[Spartanmack]

Yes. Cloture. Like to close. Means ?we?re talkin? here. Time to shit or get off the pot.?

I heard that the polls in West Virginia favor the passage of Kavanagh.

Manchin is up for reelection, and if he votes to confirm that would likely be why.

this is perhaps the best thing to come out of this for conservatives and for Trump supporters. Trump's approval rating - at least one of them apparently hit 50% and I've seen a number of headlines citing polls favorable for Republicans - favoring the nomination, raising interest in the midterms for voters on the right, etc, etc

 

[tinselwolverine]

News outlets are reporting that Collins has stated she will be announcing her decision at noon Pacific time, a little less than an hour from now.

 

[Spartanmack]

Yes (tomorrow's vote is the vote). That why I don't get why Republicans are so stuck on Kavanaugh. Just appoint someone else that will do all the same things, but wasn't a key guy behind the Clinton impeachment effort.

I wonder if his involvement in the Clinton thing was a deciding factor in his nomination - sort of a "f u" to the Clintons from Trump. That would be pretty funny.

 

[Spartanmack]

News outlets are reporting that Collins has stated she will be announcing her decision at noon Pacific time, a little less than an hour from now.

push back your lunch plans. I already have a gut full, so bring it on!

 

[Mitchrapp]

push back your lunch plans. I already have a gut full, so bring it on!

I can't wait, yawn. I think I'll go play a game..

 

[tinselwolverine]

I can't wait, yawn. I think I'll go play a game..

Dude ️ is on now!

That little emoji or whatever it is just appeared as an option so I pressed it.

 

[Gulo Blue]

No matter what happens, I think Tinsel needs to start shopping around that wedding filibuster script. Maybe not as a US thing. I like it more as a Simon Pegg/Nick Frost show.

 

[Gulo Blue]

News outlets are reporting that Collins has stated she will be announcing her decision at noon Pacific time, a little less than an hour from now.

She's the real MVP. Wrapping it up before the football games start.

 

[tinselwolverine]

She's the real MVP. Wrapping it up before the football games start.

True ?dat.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Dude ️ is on now!

That little emoji or whatever it is just appeared as an option so I pressed it.

I used to be a big watch of the playoffs not as much these days. Don't want to watch Cleveland.. Maybe Colo. vs Milw. later.

 

[tinselwolverine]

The Manchin Factor.

 

[Spartanmack]

The Manchin Factor.

If 58% of his state wants Kavanaugh confirmed and he votes no, he deserves to lose his reelection bid. He'd prove himself to be a partisan shill, not fit to represent the people of West Virginia.

 

[tinselwolverine]

She's the real MVP. Wrapping it up before the football games start.

If 58% of his state wants Kavanaugh confirmed and he votes no, he deserves to lose his reelection bid. He'd prove himself to be a partisan shill, not fit to represent the people of West Virginia.

I don’t know much about Manchin but he’s a Democrat elected in a substantially red state.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Sounding like Collins will be a yes.

 

[Gulo Blue]

Sounding like Collins will be a yes.

She's a better advocate for Kavanaugh than Kavanaugh.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Yes (tomorrow's vote is the vote). That why I don't get why Republicans are so stuck on Kavanaugh. Just appoint someone else that will do all the same things, but wasn't a key guy behind the Clinton impeachment effort.

She's a better advocate for Kavanaugh than Kavanaugh.

Maybe because she never raped anybody years ago when she was a blackout drunk.

Now Collins taking on her girfriend DiFi indirectly.

 

[tinselwolverine]

And there it is...that’s 51 votes, with or without Manchin.

 

[Gulo Blue]

And there it is...that?s 51 votes, with or without Manchin.

The unexpected thing here is that this seems to have energized republicans. Polls on who was planning to vote saw a big democrat advantage before this. I thought it might be a ploy to try to get republicans to say things that would further democrat energy to work towards getting the vote out (the timing is what I thought was strategic, not Ford's accusation, but when Feinstein decided to go public with it.) Instead, it's the republicans that got the boost.