Mark Kirk is first Republican senator to call for vote on Garland

Washington Post ^ | March 18, 2016 | Mike DeBomis

[C19fan]

Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois on Friday became the first Republican senator to call for an up-or-down vote on Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, saying on a Chicago radio show that his colleagues ought to “just man up and cast a vote.”

That Kirk would be first to break with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and other GOP colleagues, who believe the next president should pick the replacement for Justice Antonin Scalia, is not particularly surprising: Kirk was already one of two Republican senators, with Susan Collins of Maine, to call for hearings.

[C19fan]

Dam is starting to crack.

[sevlex]

Quisling.

This is why we cannot allow a vote - too many progressive repubs will confirm him. And the country will be lost for a generation, if not forever.

[headstamp 2]

Cracks in the dam of the Stupid party.

[stocksthatgoup]

Dam? It has to be voted out of committee first. Plus does anyone remember the numerous times that Dingy Harry refused to allow items to even reach the floor of the Senate.
That crack is the Illinois crackpot Mark Kirk!

[GreyFriar]

Kirk is from ILLINOIS. Now, is he running for re-election this year?

[Olog-hai]

What dam? A “dam” on the Kabuki Theater stage is just a prop.

[PghBaldy]

Illinois is a wonderful place, governed by nitwits.

[cotton1706]

What a surprise!

Kirk (IL) - 2016 - 29% (Average) - 19% (CReview) - 12% (Heritage) - 13% (Freedomworks) - 36% (CFG) - 64% (ACU)

[henkster]

The press will laud him for his “courage” in breaking ranks, and more will follow. In reality, he’s a coward, afraid of losing his cushy job.

[Olog-hai]

No, he’s a collaborator.

[onyx]

Shocker!

Soon to have companions.

[Iron Munro]

What would democrats do without spineless republicans?

[FlingWingFlyer]

It’s this boy who needs to “man up” and stand up to Obama and his commie ‘RATS for once in his life.

[Lawgvr1955]

I live in Illinois. Kirk, a RINOs RINO, won in the Tea Party Wave that washed over the 2010 Election after we were force fed Obamacare.

He's been Democrat Lite his whole term and I fully expect that Tammy Duckworth, a disabled vet Dem, to beat him here in the Democrat stronghold of Illinoisistan.

[Tzimisce]

In order to be a successful oppositional party, one first has to oppose something....

[ealgeone]

Someone needs to get to him real quick. NO.

[Olog-hai]

Define “spineless republican”. For my part, I only see collaborators in the Uniparty that hate conservative Americans.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

ABSOLUTE, GUTLESS REPUBLICANS! VOTE FOR THE RAT IN IL!

[wastedyears]

That didn’t take long.

Expect the guy to put his robe on before September.

[BruceS]

This is neither unexpected nor terrible. Kirk knows that McConnell has said there will not be a vote. He is about as conservative as can be elected in Illinois (which is to say he is a total RINO), so he calls for a vote, knowing it won't happen, but he can go home and say "I tried."

Bottom line is that if you are in IL, vote for the man - he is the best we are going to get out of that state and if we lose the majority in the Senate, Garland will be confirmed before Obama leaves office.