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Resisting Trump’s Supreme Court pick isn’t worth Democratic Senate seats
The San Francisco Chronicle ^
| July 14, 2018
| Willie Brown
Posted on 07/14/2018 4:36:29 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Democratic senators in swing states have a tough choice ahead of them on Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trumps Supreme Court pick. Their base may not forgive them for voting yes, but there may not be enough of that base to offset the backlash from voting no.
My advice is the same I gave to Assembly members when I was speaker and a vote like this came up: Go with whatever will get you re-elected.
No one vote not even for a Supreme Court justice is worth costing your party a Senate seat for six years. Especially when the other party is more likely to hold the seat not for just six years, but for decades....
(Excerpt) Read more at sfchronicle.com ...
TOPICS: Campaign News; Parties; State and Local; U.S. Senate
KEYWORDS: kavanaugh; scotus; supremecourt; trump
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That's not what Dick Durbin says.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“Resisting Trumps Supreme Court pick isnt worth Democratic Senate seats”
Sure it is! Do it, Dems! Do it!
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posted on
07/14/2018 4:38:52 PM PDT
by
sitetest
(No longer mostly dead.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
07/14/2018 4:39:53 PM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
07/14/2018 4:42:05 PM PDT
by
Eddie01
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Kamala’s boyfriend is more powerful than Durbin.
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posted on
07/14/2018 4:42:23 PM PDT
by
Luke21
(The Hill sucks.)
To: Drango
More like a cat lady fight.
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posted on
07/14/2018 4:42:30 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Ole Willie is a pragmatist.
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posted on
07/14/2018 4:42:32 PM PDT
by
arrogantsob
(See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Willie (luckily for us) is out of step with the emotions of the moment. His party is not interested in sage advice - they want blood.
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posted on
07/14/2018 4:42:34 PM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Dick Durbin is an idiot.
While I don’t like Willie Brown, he really knows his stuff, and is a very shrewd politician.
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posted on
07/14/2018 4:43:40 PM PDT
by
Alas Babylon!
(MAGAMarchOnWashington.com)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Willie Brown is smarter than Little Dick Durbin.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Come on, D’s! Grow a political spine, and vote, “No!”-All of You!
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posted on
07/14/2018 4:46:31 PM PDT
by
johnthebaptistmoore
(The world continues to be stuck in a "all leftist, all of the time" funk. BUNK THE FUNK!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
07/14/2018 4:47:23 PM PDT
by
gogeo
(No justice, no peace.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
FUWB you bastard. You were a worthless leader, look what you left us with. FU.
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posted on
07/14/2018 4:47:50 PM PDT
by
Fungi
To: theoilpainter
I could say that about my little Schnauzer puppy. At 3 she’s not actually a puppy anymore, but I call her one.
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posted on
07/14/2018 4:49:22 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
.
Willie Brown is the wisest of Dem poliicians.
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posted on
07/14/2018 4:50:43 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: Mr. Jeeves
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Willie has never been an emotional fool.
When he was a shoe shine boy, he was not too proud to collect his tip out of the spitoon!
.
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posted on
07/14/2018 4:53:23 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: sitetest
A great hill for the dims to die on.
Hopefully in large numbers.
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posted on
07/14/2018 4:55:02 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(Just call me Angelo or babe.)
To: wally_bert
And Brown knows Kavanaugh is pretty much a carbon copy of Kennedy certainly no further right.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
These aren’t mutually exclusive options. There’s no reason several Democratic senators can’t support Trump’s nominee and still lose their Senate seats.
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posted on
07/14/2018 5:04:04 PM PDT
by
Interesting Times
(WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
To: theoilpainter
Willie Brown is smarter than Little Dick Durbin.
By three orders of magnitude.
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posted on
07/14/2018 5:06:51 PM PDT
by
OregonRancher
(Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints)
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