Bannon and Team Trump at it's best..the governor can take up to May 2017 to schedule an election for the seat. Schumer will have one less vote on any appointments, including for Supreme Court.
Bannon said if they take the right steps, they could own politics in America for the next 50 years. This could be step one!
And given the climate in the USA right now, there is a very good chance that this Senate seat goes red again.
I like Bannon Thinking Big.
We have not had that in Republicans since Newt in 1994.
Trump shows how to win and win in different ways.
the SCM looks for ways to make anything and everything some kind of devious plot....
I despise them...
I’d trust her to do Trump’s bidding before I would trust some of the GOP Senators whose names have been floated for appointments.
Never play chess, or fight wars against a man, when your only experience is checkers. Play-Doh. And safety pins are your symbol.
1. Heitkamp has experience on environmental issues, energy production and agriculture. Her former jobs include working for the Environmental Protection Agency and a coal and synthetic fuels plan
2. A Heitkamp appointment would give Trump's cabinet the veneer of bipartisanship, and all but certainly hand Republicans control of another Senate seat, giving them a 53-47 edge in the upper chamber.
3."If Heitkamp leaves, that makes incoming Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) job of holding together his caucus to fight Republicans while minimizing election losses in two years that much harder"
Bannon and Team Trump at it's best..the governor can take up to May 2017 to schedule an election for the seat. Schumer will have one less vote on any appointments, including for Supreme Court.
Voted against Manchin-Toomey. Only Democrat senator to vote against the “no fly list” lawless, no due process, restriction. No history of mishanling confidential information. Way more qualified than Petraeus for whatever cabinet post Trump may be thinking of. #nopetraeus
Brilliant move.
Note that the media seems unable to sapproach this as “She is a talented individual who would be an asset to any administration.”
Nope. Such an idea is inconceivable. The media shows no such respect to this woman.
Instead, it’s just: Trump is scheming to gain power in the Senate. He’s a monster.
I’m so tired of the media.
Tread cautiously, please, Pres. Trump. You value loyalty, so please remember that a Democrat’s loyalty is to party first, last, and always -— and their goal will be to disrupt, create havoc, and cause failure of your Conservative efforts. Remember the story about the guy who tried to save a snake and died of snakebite -— he knew it was a snake . . .
He can appoint her, fill her seat with an R, then fire her the first time she pulls the crap that the Enviro whackos always do. They can’t help themselves and Trump knows it! Brilliant!
Republicans need to pick up the senate seats held by Dims in ND and Montana, and if Heitkamp is qualified for a cabinet position, this could be a good move to aid a pickup in the senate.
I wonder what the Democrats will offer her to turn down the job?
Putting one more Republican in the Senate.
There is also a possibility Joe Manchin from WV could switch parties.
Trump crushed Hillary in WV.
OMG....ANOTHER WOMAN....WHAT WILL MY grandchildren think? (who believe Trump is an evil misogynist)
North Dakota’s gubernatorial race in 2016 went to Republican Doug Burgum, who made his fortune with Great Plains Software. He sold it to Microsoft some years back and made a bundle. he also runs Kilbourne Group, a real estate venture in Fargo.
This is the guy who will seat a Senator if Democrat Heidi Heitkamp talks a walk on the wild side.
I am not into politics enough to know for sure, but she looks like a pretty capable and sensible person...
maybe there is a job she can do well in our new administration?
something useful in restoring, building our energy independence???? (she has quite a bit of background for this I think) or?