McConnell was hurt deeply by Reid eliminating the filibuster and this is his payback.
If RINOs like Collins and Murkowski don't fall in line, then they need to be stripped of their committee rankings or leaderships and no pork should go to their states.
Nominate him, confirm him, tell the Dems to go to Hell, and he/she will be waiting in the wings right on August 1st to take over.
I think you’re spot on.
We should all call Yertl’s office and thank him in advance for aiding the president in getting another nominee confirmed. One call makes a lot more difference than many people think it does.
Agreed. The turtle came through in a big way with Gorsuch.
Agree - we are sometimes to ready to keep attacking even when someone we despise is doing us a good turn....
I have no idea who has Collins' and Murkowski's ear on abortion. They are pro-choice. BUT: it is appropriate today to remember the classic Krauthammer position on abortion. Sir Charles was pro-choice but still argued that Roe was wrongly decided. He argued further that the establishment of the abortion license by illegitimate means had profoundly corrupted American jurisprudence, because it lashed the left to the "make it up as you go along" school of constitutional interpretation. There are 1001 issues that get tangled up in the debate over originalism and strict construction, but abortion is the one that makes the subject a ritual purity test for the left.
So: the question is whether Collins and/or Murkowski are prepared to make the Krauthammer argument. If they are, they can carve out a major historical niche. I would hope this is a discussion that serious pro-life people have had with them over the years. If such a relationship and conversation have been cultivated, this could be a defining moment.
Neither Murkowski nor Collins can be bullied on this. Try to break them with scorched earth politics and they will go independent or switch parties outright. The same logic in reverse applies to the handful of Democrats who might be persuaded to break ranks.
Whatever your stance on abortion, Roe was wrongly decided. It's time to remove the poisoned dagger from judicial politics. If the SC reverses Roe, the issue reverts to state legislatures. Are Democrats really terrified that New York, Illinois and California are going to become strict right to life states? The dems need to be called on this, and the best person to do it would be a pro-choice Senator who understands that Roe was wrong.