Cruz: Trump should nominate a Supreme Court justice next week

Then I guess we disagree.

I think her fate is sealed. Maine voters won't be that fickle that they hate her now but will switch if she votes against.

Look at the recent NYT/Siena poll:

Independents prefer Gideon 50-42. Independents make up 42% of the poll sample.
Gideon's favorable/unfavorable is 55/40. Collins' is 50/47.
- Among Independents, Gideon is 58/36 and Collins is 48/51.
- Among Independents, Brett Kavanaugh is 25/49, so I don't think Collins will recover from that vote.
- Among Independents, Black Lives Matter is 64/29, so Maine has clearly moved away from Collins' leanings.
On the question "Who will do better choosing a Supreme Court Justice," Independents chose Biden over Trump 68/28. Those people won't change their minds on Collins no matter how she votes. They want the Democrat.
On the question "Do you prefer Democrat or Republican control of the Senate," Independents chose Democrats 58/34. Collins is gone no matter what she does.

At this point, Collins should be thinking about legacy. I hope she doesn't want to be compared to John McCain, whose lasting legacy is voting down Obamacare repeal just to spite President Trump, Americans be damned.

Collins should take the high road and vote to secure the leaning of the Supreme Court for the next three decades.

-PJ

41 posted on 09/19/2020 10:25:55 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)

To: Political Junkie Too

Politicians always think they have a shot and she will see this as her brass ring. She based her entire on bucking the Republican Party.

42 posted on 09/19/2020 10:29:38 AM PDT by circlecity

If they demonize a white woman they risk losing the Karen vote.

43 posted on 09/19/2020 10:49:03 AM PDT by Fai Mao (There is no justice until The PIAPS is legally executed)

No, they don't. They decline to run for re-election, just like all those Republicans in the House did in 2018.

Collins may have thought she "had a shot" when she started and before her opponent won her primary, but she's got to see the writing on the wall by now.

Let's see what next week's polling brings, now that Ginsburg has passed.

-PJ

44 posted on 09/19/2020 10:53:50 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)

To: Political Junkie Too

45 posted on 09/19/2020 1:54:52 PM PDT by circlecity

President Trump should offer her a deal, maybe Ambassador to Canada if she votes to confirm since she's going to lose anyway.

-PJ

46 posted on 09/19/2020 2:04:33 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)

To: Paladin2; LS; Liz

Yes. You saw that too, eh?

Roberts is definitely considered and counted a liberal. Thanks George W. Ya done us good with that pick! /sarcasm

47 posted on 09/19/2020 2:10:41 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE ( I can only donate monthly, but the radical ABCNNBCBS does it every hour on their news.)

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