Posted on 10/09/2017 1:54:58 PM PDT by cotton1706
Earlier this week we told you about how Nick Ayers, Vice President Mike Pence’s Chief of Staff had bluntly told a group of major donors that they should tell Capitol Hill’s Republican establishment that they would “…not only stop donating, I would form a coalition of all the other major donors, and just say two things. We’re definitely not giving to you, No. 1. And No. 2, if you don’t have this done by Dec. 31, we’re going out, we’re recruiting opponents, we’re maxing out to their campaigns, and we’re funding super PACs to defeat all of you.”
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There is no good replacement for McConnell, that’s why he’s still there.
Cornyn?
He’s up next.
McCain is dying of an aggressive form of brain cancer, the same kind that killed Teddy Kennedy.
I guess that he will go next year.
You are right. As long as the millionaire doners keep giving the rinos money, the rinos will keep swimming in the swamp.
Couldn’t an argument be made that since the people of Az elected a Republican senator and therefore the Governor should legally be required to appoint a Republican to the seat?
Sure hope so. Teddy needs company in the fire.
Since a state legislature could pass such a law and did not, no one else is entitled to step in.
If McCain can change parties in that sort of fraudelent manuever, what’s to prevent a solid conservative from changes parties to D, for long enough for the Arizona governor to appoint him/her and be sworn in?
Nothing I’m thinking. As long as the Governor wants that to happen.
We elected Trump over the machinations, snarling hatred, and mega dollars of the GOPe and their donors. Alabama voters just reinforced that message by choosing Roy Moore over Luther Strange.
Money and inside influence didn't help the establishment in either of those races, nor will it help their sorry butts in 2018. The voters are on full alert, and will no longer accept dupes of the ruling class as candidates.
There is no question in my mind, it is time to turn the selection of Senators back to the States as it was in the original US Constitution.
It’s time.
It’s not just 3 or 4 GOPee Senators who are the problem. It’s more like 40.
can it be accelerated? say like mid-November or so
I know what you are saying, but do you have a simple explanation as to why that is preferable to the voters choosing their senator in their state thru primaries and elections? I have never believed that there is any more of a chance that the state legislature would be better.
WHY are they DONORS? Geez, give your money to people who need it.
State governments are supposed to be a counterbalance to federal power. As of now, they have no power against the feds, as no legislators are chosen by state governments.
It is not a question of ‘better’ or less corruption. It’s just a question of whether state governments get a say in the central government.
I have several opinions on this.
1. I think the state politicians would pay closer attention to the candidates backgrounds, and the Senators are likely to come from the legislatures.
2. The legislatures are more likely to select a Senator who is aligned with the longer term agenda that the party in control has for the state, instead of the uninformed electorate choosing a loose cannon.
3. Hopefully, the Senator will feel obligated to represent the interests of the state. Just today, I heard a top-of-the-hour news break that suggested that Trump might aggravate friends of Corker with his tweets, to the point where they obstruct him just to protect their friend. I want a Senator who puts the state before the person.
4. Get the money out of it. Eliminate 33 of the most expensive elections that occur every two years, and you eliminate Senatorial Committee PACS that the likes of McConnell control.
-PJ
At some point the men in the Senate will start twisting the women’s arms (including Linda and McCain, of course) and tell them that their pettiness, not to mention their HYPOCRISY on Obamacare is not hurting THEM, their soulmates, and not hurting Trump one bit.
At that point, which does seem to be approaching, things should get much better for our side.
That makes sense if the goal is for the Senators to represent their home state instead of the people of their state (which the representatives are supposed to do anyway.)
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