2. Anyone who has read me will know that I'm a pretty pessimistic about American democracy, asymmetric polarization and Mitch McConnell. I've never thought that the GOP could ever break in any large numbers from Trump or not support Gorsuch & Kavanaugh. But....
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3. I think this time the situation is more fluid than before. There's only 6 weeks till the election, this isn't replacing a GOP seat (i.e. Scalia and Kennedy) but a Dem one, and there's some genuine reasons for some in GOP to be careful.
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4. There are a couple of wild cards, one of which is that Trump might nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett -- he kind of owes the Christian right and it makes sense for him to nominate a woman. But Barrett would also really throw the whole abortion issue front and center.
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5. If it's Barrett then there's no plausible deniability. A vote for her would be a vote to end Roe. The election would be about Roe. It's a real gamble. But if he doesn't pick Barrett, there's risk of alienating some powerful allies. The situation is fluid.
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I thought of that, too.
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Thanks for finally coming around you guys. Kudos!!!
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Dems need to just bombard the country with 30 second ads of her granddaughter reading her dying words over and over and over.
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Wow yeah Trump has never gotten away with this kind of thing
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I tend to think this is right, but one question I have is: When will the winners of McSally's and Loeffler's seats be sworn in? Those are special elections so would they be sworn in before the usual date in January? Joe Manchin was sworn in on Nov. 15 after a special election.
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