“You can’t go a single day without some RINO leaving a turd in the punchbowl.”
Did Collins cost Pitlyk the nomination? (no)
Would a DEMOCRAT replacement for her have voted for Pitlyk? (no)
How many Democrats voted for Pitlyk (none)
Did Romney vote for her? (yes)
Did other Republican Trump-haters vote for her (yes)
What Republican, in Maine, can be elected to take Collins place who would have voted for Pitlyk? (no one)
I guess some of us just need to find things to bitch about, rather than APPRECIATING the fact that both Collins and Murkowski (who didn’t vote, but probably would have been a NO also) are now OUTVOTED in the Senate, due to Republicans having 53 seats and even Romney voting with us on pro-life judges.
Collins has voted for many (actually nearly all) pro-life judges in the past (the most visible being Kavenaugh) - she is now in a fight for her political life (because of Kavenaugh), and rather than people here supporting her because she SIDED WITH US on Kavenaugh, we bitch about the fact that she votes no on a THROW-AWAY vote that had no effect on the outcome for Pitlyk
Now that is a political analysis of a vote that I have come to respect here on FR. Critical thinking is a rare thing and i couldn’t agree more. We need more of this kind of analysis.
Did Collins cost Pitlyk the nomination? (no)
Did Collins cost the obviously outstanding Ratcliffe the DNI post? (yes)
Reportedly, she felt he was too mean to Mueller. She didn’t like that. We have ongoing coup in the executive branch and the elected Senators of President Trump’s own party won’t support him. Incredible, isn’t it?
Well said. WE MUST have the majority, even if it means electing RINOS?
You are correct and I am still amazed that many of us can’t see this. As much as I personally don’t care for her, without her vote for Kavenaugh; he would have lost.
Excellent observations...
Collins won my admiration for her reasoned defense of Judge Kavanaugh. And I happen to be pro-choice! Bottom line, we are hanging on to the rule of law vs mob rule by one Presidential election. The only man I thought could beat the mob was a man like Trump, utterly fearless about being “pc” and a black belt in the Art of War.
That is an interesting take on the Collins vote.
Hear, hear! I consistently criticized Collins and her liberal votes for years, but vowed to give her a pass after she showed a spine of steel by voting to confirm Judge (now Justice, thanks to her) Kavanaugh. You are absolutely correct that she has been a real champion on judges during the past three years, and that it would be foolish not to support her reelection next year. If she were being challenged in the primary by someone with the prominence and popularity to win the general, that would be a different story, but as things stand the winner of the 2020 Senate election will be either an incumbent Republican who votes with us 75% of the time (and 95% of the time on judges) or a radical Democrat who would voe with us 10% of the time (and even less often on judges).