But ultimately it's on Mitch to decide when she will be questioned and when a vote would happen.
But ultimately it's on Mitch to decide when she will be questioned and when a vote would happen.
Which would show how stupid Republican voters are because they could easily confirm someone in the lame duck even if they lost all their Senate seats.
It's all about motivating the base.Which would show how stupid Republican voters are because they could easily confirm someone in the lame duck even if they lost all their Senate seats.
We already know they are stupid by being Republican.Which would show how stupid Republican voters are because they could easily confirm someone in the lame duck even if they lost all their Senate seats.
Is a representative expected to reflect the interests and concerns of an electorate, or to maintain their own set of perspectives?
Normally I would sardonically say, "But the president might say mean things about them on Twitter!!!!!"But ultimately it's on Mitch to decide when she will be questioned and when a vote would happen.
Eh, the Christian right really has a stranglehold over the party. It's not stupid to support them if you want to rollback social progress.
Rolling back social progress is stupid though. Supporting Trump and claiming to be Christian is also a sign of stupidity and hypocrisy. It's a fact that Republicans are overall less educated and more susceptible to fear mongering, which is what Republicans dish out.Eh, the Christian right really has a stranglehold over the party. It's not stupid to support them if you want to rollback social progress.
He scheduled July 9th, because the government gets all Michael Cohen evidence July 5th. It will distract the news cycle most likely during a time there will be an arrest or indictment.
The U.S. ambassador to Estonia, James D. Melville Jr., a career diplomat and member of the senior foreign service ranks, announced that he was resigning following Trump's controversial anti-Europe remarks, according to Foreign Policy. https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/06/29/u-s-ambassador-to-estonia-resigns-in-disgust-after-trump-anti-europe-rants-nato-european-union-diplomacy-transatlantic-alliance/ …
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My best friend in junior high and high school clerked for Scalia. They probably know each other! He didn't have awful FB posts though.The husband of my college classmate clerked for Scalia. It was fucking nauseating reading her fb posts about how kind of a man he was.
I don't know but I think sooner rather than later is better for us because if it's deiayed until fall, it will motivate the base.Normally I would sardonically say, "But the president might say mean things about them on Twitter!!!!!"
But it could actually happen, and since they've wedded themselves to him so thoroughly, they need to maintain his favor.
What happens if they delay until midterms with the president screaming every day, "WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG?"
I agree about getting it finished sooner rather than later. My point is just that their best-laid plans could still go awry.I don't know but I think sooner rather than later is better for us because if it's deiayed until fall, it will motivate the base.
Will read later. Thanks.Posted this Milbank opinion piece up in OT cause I think it's a very very good summary to share with people explaining the GOP's behavior over the past 20-30 years and where it's lead us - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...d3beccdd7a3_story.html?utm_term=.4d0963414b27
Cynic me is concerned they'll accuse the Dem's of sexism when they try to block the nomination.
Oh, you know it.Cynic me is concerned they'll accuse the Dem's of sexism when they try to block the nomination.
No that's the common sense you expecting that because it's gonna happen 100%Cynic me is concerned they'll accuse the Dem's of sexism when they try to block the nomination.
No that's the common sense you expecting that because it's gonna happen 100%
Same exact playbook with the gay german ambassador.
Cynic me is concerned they'll accuse the Dem's of sexism when they try to block the nomination.
It's an interesting question, and goes to the heart of representative democracy.
One thing about the electorate is that, in general, it has incoherent policy preferences. For example, polls consistently show that most Americans would like to lower taxes while spending more on every department of government. Obviously this is not possible. One of the primary roles of representatives is to resolve these difficult choices between policy goals. This requires a certain independent judgement.
It's also important to note that most of the opinions of the electorate are weakly held. Most people do not have strong opinions on every political issue. They have one or two strong opinions, which they use to determine a party affiliation, and look to that party to give them a catechism on every other issue. Thus, the representative they elect doesn't just follow the concerns of their constituents, they shape those concerns with their arguments and campaigns. There's a reason why the classic American political narrative is running on a specific policy, getting elected, and implementing that specific policy.
However, ultimately politicians serve to implement the will of the people. To the degree that they have independence, it is in identifying and shaping that will, not in defying it. I generally support politicians shifting their views to match the political climate, while also abiding by the moral requirements of office.
A rushed SC pick, what could possibly go wrong
That piece doesn't really get into the most important bit -- not that there's normal election and voter enthusiasm cycles that respond to current power holders -- but that republicans have been using the time they have in power to set the stage for long term minority rule, in contrast with democrats that do what they can when in power and then let the cycles take the power from them naturally.Posted this Milbank opinion piece up in OT cause I think it's a very very good summary to share with people explaining the GOP's behavior over the past 20-30 years and where it's lead us - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...d3beccdd7a3_story.html?utm_term=.4d0963414b27
That piece doesn't really get into the most important bit -- not that there's normal election and voter enthusiasm cycles that respond to current power holders -- but that republicans have been using the time they have in power to set the stage for long term minority rule, in contrast with democrats that do what they can when in power and then let the cycles take the power from them naturally.
The response to ACA is not the model to look at when it comes to the public's response to Trump -- the article mentions the rigged district lines, electoral college, SCOTUS, and voting rights, but it doesn't explore how that changes the game, changes the model -- what happens when the backlash can't come through the ballot box.
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The thing that gets me is, he knows how this looks. He constantly complains about people talking about how bad this looks for him. And yet, and yet and yet, somehow, he always finds a way to be nicer to Russia, despite his image fixation. Almost like they have something on him.
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The thing that gets me is, he knows how this looks. He constantly complains about people talking about how bad this looks for him. And yet, and yet and yet, somehow, he always finds a way to be nicer to Russia, despite his image fixation. Almost like they have something on him.
:thinking:
If this is true, I wonder if we will see any conflict between Trump and McConnell since McConnell wants to finish this after the midterms.
Who's joking? That shit's 110% real.I'm at the point where I can't even laugh at a good "Pee Pee Tape" joke anymore. I need a vacation.
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The thing that gets me is, he knows how this looks. He constantly complains about people talking about how bad this looks for him. And yet, and yet and yet, somehow, he always finds a way to be nicer to Russia, despite his image fixation. Almost like they have something on him.
:thinking:
Yep.
The NYT, more than any other mainstream outlet, has a serious, systemic problem that desperately needs to be addressed, but it's so difficult to make that point in this climate when the entirety of the press is under attack
Gen Xers aren't showing the same GOP-tilt as they age prior generations have-
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The thing that gets me is, he knows how this looks. He constantly complains about people talking about how bad this looks for him. And yet, and yet and yet, somehow, he always finds a way to be nicer to Russia, despite his image fixation. Almost like they have something on him.
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I think you're reading into it, rather than actually reading it. It does little more than allude to how the things he lists actually change the model.The entire thesis of the piece is "the GOP is trying to set up long term minority rule". You may want to re-read it, he's not talking about typical wave behavior.
If anything, the fury should be far more intense on the Democratic side right now than it was for Boehner in 2010. The Affordable Care Act was the signature proposal of a president elected with a large popular mandate, it had the support of a plurality of the public, and it was passed by a party that had large majorities in both chambers of Congress and had attempted to solicit the participation of the minority.
It will explode , God willing, at the ballot box and not in the streets.
You can only ignore the will of the people for so long and get away with it.
Trump argued before that Obama gave Russia Crimea, not that they took it.