Posted on 12/02/2016 3:02:00 PM PST by Clintonfatigued
President-elect Donald Trump is set to meet Friday with North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, a red-state Democrat, which could put Senate Democrats at a further disadvantage if she were to join the Trump administration.
Heitkamp told CNN Thursday she has no inkling of what the meeting may be about, but said she was open to discussing serving in a Trump administration.
News of the meeting set off a panic among top Democrats, some of whom began to privately make the case that Heitkamp should stay in the Senate rather than give up a seat that would likely be a GOP pickup. The incoming chairman of the Senate Democrats' campaign committee told CNN he had spoken with Heitkamp about the issue Thursday.
A transition source said Heitkamp could be a possibility for energy secretary.
"I think it's absolutely critical to have a conversation," Heitkamp said when asked if she would be open to being in the Trump administration. "It's good for my state. It's good for the work that I do here, to understand and share some priorities for the country and for the state of North Dakota and I look forward to having that discussion."
In a statement about the meeting, Heitkamp said she would work with both sides of the aisle -- whatever her role.
"Whatever job I do, I hope to work with the President-elect and all of my colleagues in Congress on both sides of the aisle to best support my state," she said.
While any position is far from a done deal, having Heitkamp in the Cabinet would be a double win for Republicans, and a blow to Democrats.
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One great benefit of this election is, we all get a *free* four-year seminar (Trump's not accepting a salary) on "The Art of the Deal" in practice.
I agree. $1 buck per year...
He won’t even get to buy a hamburger on his salary at the end of four years.
Of course look at all the $2 to $4 million dollar homes Obama bought on his salary.
I’m exactly 5 times more Indian than Fauxcahontas............and I wants my dough !
“So why would she play along?”
She gets a bigger office space?
5 times? But 5 X 0 = 0.
If she is appointed to the Cabinet, it gives Trump clout among moderate Democrats, and pretty much ensures the seat flips red in 2018. She’d have a hard fight, but a DNC loyalist would lose the race with the new GOP candidate getting over 70% of the vote for sure.
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