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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With Pence, that would give us a 51 count after the McCain family swings on us.
Love it.
To your point, yes, in two years there are going to be a lot of Democrat Senators on the line. If Trump is doing good, that should really help.
Trump will work his ass off to get good guys elected too.
Nice!
Can’t wait to see the sh** sandwich Trump is going to serve up to democrats every day for the next eight years! It’s gonna be soooo much fun. Hope I live another eight years so I can see them choke down every bite! Not that I’m vindictive or anything.
Pipeline related!
Trump’s playing 3D chess while Demrats are still a pickin and a grinnin.
BEST.ELECTION.EVER!!!!!
The Dumbos must be frantically shopping for Depends to handle the crisis....ROTFLOL.
They figured it was a calamity when Hillary got beat.
The Dumbos never figured Trump would be picking off Democrats out of the Senate to make room for Republicans.
Never had so much fun in my life watching Trump in action.
“Palin at Interior Secretary.”............ Time will tell
I agree with your observations. Rick Berg was my state rep when I lived in Fargo. Both my late parents and I worked on his campaign. He had been in Congress for only two years when he ran for the senate. Many of us wanted him to get more seasoning before running for higher office. Former Governor
Ed Shaffer would have won the race in a walk. I am not sure about Kevin Crammer.
The only reason why Trump might appoint her is because a Republican would take the seat. And Heitkamp knows that. So why would she play along?
Well, it is a real blow if Trump is bipartisan in his choices. I doubt he would do it if he was such a hater. How many Republicans did Obama appoint?
How do you know think Sarah Palin feels? All these scum NeverTrump RINOs get cabinet jobs and even Dems are intereviewed yet she gets nothing. Really bad optics for Trump.
So that's what "between the devil and the deep blue sea" means?
ROTFLOL.
And Manchin is the perfect self-absorbed, do anything, say anything opportunist to set the lure for. Proven that over and over.
Hope the bait makes him bite... before he realize he will have a boss over him, unlike his carefree earlier days.
bwa-hahaha-hahaha!
“That would take 2 democrat senators out of the fight in the senate, and would probably be replaced by two republicans who would owe their position to Trump.”
As well as free up resources for 2018 ;-).
Maybe she would be a good choice for the position.
Trump seems to keep picking the most qualified people, regardless to gender, or party.
Obama who?
Goodbye endless summer.....LOL.
I saw a headline that Palin was calling the Carrier deal "crony capitalism" today....
You're kidding, right?
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