Posted on 09/28/2020 7:12:43 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Democrats are confronting the limits of their power as they fight against the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett with a strategy aimed at avoiding costly mistakes that could hurt the party’s candidates in November.
Unable to block President Donald Trump’s pick on their own, they are arguing to voters that Barrett’s nomination threatens the protections of the Affordable Care Act — a focus that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has embraced and many Democrats see as a winning message. The court will hear a case challenging the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s health care law just after the election, adding to the urgency of the issue.
Hours after Trump named the Indiana-based federal judge as his pick to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Sept. 18, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said a vote to confirm Barrett would be “a dagger aimed at the heart of the health care protections Americans so desperately need and want.”
But there will also be ample opportunities for Democrats to move off-message as partisans on both sides infuse the nomination battle with cultural, gender and religious politics. …
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Thank you Flimsey Grahamnesty, I’m sure the Democrats appreciate you giving them the time to smear and stall the nominee.
Yes. What is up with Linda’s stalling?
Isn’t he in a tight race, for her Senate seat?
That’s because Bidens been and will continue to bash Trump about Covid in the debates.....Covid is their favored “quiver” now.
Looks like they’re teeing up a multi-pronged attack..
Barrett tied to faith group ex-members say subjugates women
It’d be sad if it weren’t so flippin predictable.
She should say she will not comment on any potential cases before the Supreme Court.
I imagine there are many democrats who do not like Obamacare.
Chuckie, Democrats have been stabbing us for over 40 years and we STILL won’t die. Give it a rest.
Hence taking an extra 2 weeks to prepare her for the hearings.
Linda is in desperate need of cash. He is already using the hearings in his committee as a fund raising opportunity.
I saw him on Bartiromo Sunday morning and in 6 minutes he made three direct appeals for cash and gave his website each time “even as little as $5 helps!” he kept repeating while bleating about the left pouring millions into his state to defeat him.
No fool like an old flaming fool, I guess.
I thought only very few people are still buying their healthcare from the overpriced exchanges. And it's certainly not most Medicaid dependent Democrats, it's self employed Republicans who would prefer an alternative free market solution.
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