Posted on 09/08/2018 5:37:00 PM PDT by OddLane
Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski still has not announced her decision about U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Murkowski, one of just two pro-abortion Republicans in the Senate, is being lobbied heavily by the abortion industry to oppose Kavanaugh’s confirmation. With Republicans holding just a narrow 51-49 majority in the Senate, every vote counts.
This week, Murkowski told the Anchorage Daily News that she is watching the confirmation hearings and reviewing Kavanaugh’s writings, speeches and opinions.
“I’ve been very clear in terms of what my vetting process was going to be,” she said Wednesday. “So far I haven’t heard anything that is earthshaking, something that hasn’t been out there as a point of discussion before. But I know they really just started questions this morning.”
Of her personal meeting with Kavanaugh, Murkowski said this...
(Excerpt) Read more at lifenews.com ...
Although I think her focus on politics really should have taken a backseat to her family.
Agreed. Though she of course had a devoted husband and dad to flip the usual roles. My guess is the additional challenges of a special-needs kid may have tipped her career and life in the other direction.
Hard to tell, without the McCain vote another RINO senator could well have stepped in to take his role.
Because of his history of limiting the power of the federal government. Nobody likes an intrusive federal government...until they do.
No doubt. I was referring to the OP’s discussion of Obamacare repeal.
Yes Palin, Todd Palin.... Think about it, blue collar guy in the Trump Era, how is that not a win-win.
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