[kevkrom]

The dems think that this is a winning issue? Only to its lunatic fringe base. Not anyone else. Have the dems bring up this amendment.

You've put your finger right on it. The 'rats bring this stuff up to please their nutjob base, knowing it will never go anywhere because the GOP will squash it.

But in a rare moment of savvy political jujitsu, McConnell convinced his caucus to let this come to the floor for full discussion and vote, to expose the cynical ploy for exactly what it is. Now the 'rats will be forced to go on record, and they either honk off their nutjob base or alienate the mushy middle by aligning with the nutjobs.

And even if it does pass the Senate, it'll never get through the House, let alone 38 states.

I give the so-called GOP leadership lots of grief, but this was a smart play and they should be applauded for it. The 'rats are trying to get too cute by half with some of these legislative games, and it's nice to hit them with their own weapons.

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DIMocRATs oppose.......(fill in the blank)

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But in a rare moment of savvy political jujitsu, McConnell convinced his caucus to let this come to the floor for full discussion and vote, to expose the cynical ploy for exactly what it is.

Thank you for this insightful analysis. All too frequently the knee jerk reaction here is to blame republican leadership for every wrong headed action by democrats. Actually, McConnell often does quite well with what he has to work with.

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McConnell, who appears to be on an upswing polling wise, is getting hammered on the big money in politics issue by political groups that rely on big money to survive. Liberal political groups, that is.

So he may be trying to leverage what was supposed to be a “gotcha” Senate procedurel vote against them. Not sure how well, if at all, it’ll play in KY.

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You are the only one I have seen so far that wrote exactly what I’ve been thinking. Kudos kevkrom!