Posted on 12/06/2016 7:44:36 AM PST by GonzoII
West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin on Monday warned the Democratic Party not to engage in payback when it comes to President-elect Trump's nomination to the Supreme Court or they will continue to lose a significant portion of the electorate in rural states like his who helped hand Trump the presidency.
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Sounds like a man who is getting ready to JUMP
So many Republicans voted for Kagan and Sotomayer, and they turned out to be as bad as can be.
Looks like he’s up for reelection in 2018.
Sounds like a guy who has to run in a state where Trump won in 2018.
What’s wrong with payback?
It cuts both ways.
To a party that just re-elected Pelosi to leadership, this will fall on deaf ears.
I am thinking since he is seeing Mr. Trump at Trump Tower, that he might be thinking of changing to Repub...
I kind of like him, from what I have vetted so far...
He should address that to Maine’s two, collins and king.
Change parties or take the Sec of Energy job. You would be a valuable team member.
Absolutely terrible jurists. Unqualified affirmative action appointments, to go along with Clinton’s idiotic choices........one can tell in advance what their votes will be, no matter the isse
I don’t see how 60 votes will be found to have the vote on confirmation of a Supreme Court nominee. The court may stay at 8 members until 2019 or 2021, depending on later elections.
Leverage. Negotiation. The Art of the Deal. :)
Well, considering the nominee will most likely be Senator Mike Lee of Utah and thus one of their colleagues, it will make it harder to dismiss him as an ‘extremist’. They’ll try, of course, but he’s generally well liked. R’s may have to go nuclear, but I’m fine with that since Republicans never mount opposition to Dem appointments anyway, so losing the filibuster for the supreme court is meaningless to us.
I don’t see how 60 votes will be found to have the vote on confirmation of a Supreme Court nominee. The court may stay at 8 members until 2019 or 2021, depending on later elections.
The GOP will have 52 votes. 53 if Heitcamp takes a cabinet position. 54 if Manchin votes mostly GOP. We only need to flip a few Dems at this point to break Dem solidarity and get to 60. Assuming no GOP traitors of course. There are a few Dem Senators up for election in states Trump won handily. MT, MO, etc. Chuckie boy is going to have his work cut out for him keeping the Dems together, IMO. The party is massively split.
Current Senate rules are for 51 votes. Thank you, Democrats and Gang of 14 RINOs.
As far back as I can remember, the GOP has been a rubber stamp for the Dems agenda.
So many Republicans voted for Kagan and Sotomayer, and they turned out to be as bad as can be.
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Honestly, were you surprised that they “turned out to be...bad”?? They were known bad batches well prior to nomination.
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