Collins needed to because she comes from such an obtuse electorate. No excuse for murkowski though. Just a jerk playing ‘independent.’
“Collins needed to because she comes from such an obtuse electorate.”
That is right. Collins comes from a very mixed district. When she voted for Kavanaugh, which was courageous, she probably knew it could cause her to lose in this 2020 election. Now she is confronted again with having to vote or not for Any Barrett. I suspect highly, as she could very well lose this time around, that she has been promised a position in gov’t if she votes for Amy and then loses her election. That’s the trade-off, her vote for Amy in return for a job if she loses her election. It’s called horse-trading. Of course if Trump loses, then all bets are off and she will have to find a new job on her own. But I’m sure some Pub donor or organization will take care of her even then.