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    1. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Oct 5

      Chris Geidner Retweeted Justin Sink

      This is where it appears things stand. With Murkowski a no and Flake an all-but-certain yes, the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court will come down to the Republican senator from Maine and the Democratic senator from West Virginia.https://twitter.com/justinsink/status/1048242529433477120 …

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      Justin SinkVerified account @justinsink
      Basically, seems like we're down to Collins and Manchin. Kavanaugh can lose one but not both for confirmation.
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    2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Oct 5

      If confirmed, the best Kavanaugh could do, given what we know, would be a 51-49 vote — the closest Supreme Court confirmation vote of any sitting justice. Justice Thomas was confirmed on a 52-48 vote.

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    3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Oct 5

      More on this, from me —> Brett Kavanaugh's Final Supreme Court Vote Will Be One Of The Closest In US History, No Matter How It Turns Outhttps://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisgeidner/kavanaugh-vote-supreme-court-historic …

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    4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Oct 5

      Now up: Sen. Susan Collins.

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    5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Oct 5

      Collins is talking about how Democrats and special interest groups opposed Kavanaugh as or before his name was even announced.pic.twitter.com/CBS8WiJulf

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    6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Oct 5

      “I have always opposed litmus tests,” Collins says. She notes her votes for Roberts, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Gorsuch.

      7 replies 8 retweets 32 likes
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    7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Oct 5

      Needless to say, Collins sounds like a yes — pushing back on the legal arguments against Kavanaugh that have been advanced during the original confirmation hearings for Kavanaugh. Thus far, she’s not raised the sexual assault allegations or Kavanaugh’s testimony last week.

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    8. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Oct 5

      (Collins’ open about Democrats obviously ignored the fact that Republicans and the right’s special interest groups’ immediate support was similarly ready for multiple possible nominees. Especially under Trump, where we have a list, this was a bit over-the-top.)

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      Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Oct 5

      Did Susan Collins not exist for the past three weeks?

      12:30 PM - 5 Oct 2018
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        2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Oct 5

          Has Lisa Blatt, just cited by Collins, commented since the Ford allegations were made public?

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        3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Oct 5

          Here we go: Collins is talking about Ford.

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        4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Oct 5

          The presumption of innocence, due process, and fairness bear on Collins’ thinking, she says, “and I cannot abandon them.”

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        5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Oct 5

          Collins hasn’t said it yet, but she is clearly a yes vote for Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. Unless Flake (or someone unexpected) changes his or her planned vote, Kavanaugh will be confirmed as a justice on Saturday.

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        6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Oct 5

          “I do not believe that these charges can fairly prevent Judge Kavanaugh from serving on the Supreme Court,” Sen. Susan Collins says, concluding that, in her view, the accusations by Ford failed to meet a “more likely than not” standard that Collins is using to judge them.

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        7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Oct 5

          Sen. Lamar Alexander just compared Sen. Susan Collins to Sen. Margaret Chase Smith. ... Smith famously led the charge against a nominee from her own party: Nixon #SCOTUS nominee Clement Haynsworth Jr. (McConnell echoed the Smith-Collins comparison as well.)

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        1. scr‏ @scrlovelife Oct 5
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          is she drunk? someone ask if she likes beer

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        1.  🚁 DustOff  ❌ (Ret)‏ @Dust_Off70 Oct 5
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          It’s all Kabuki theater. THIS was the plan all along. There’s no way THIS speech was written overnight. This is HER time to shine.

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        1. Tired. Of. Winning.‏ @weavebe Oct 5
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          She is so annoying.

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        1. Molly Elwood‏ @mollyelwood Oct 5
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          She just hatched this morning.

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        2. NattyBo‏ @NattyBDC Oct 5
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Why are you acting surprised? Why is the media so credulous and naive? Aaaaaaqaaaaaaa

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        3. Bad Seed of Baltimore says‏ @RickCalvert Oct 5
          Replying to @NattyBDC @chrisgeidner

          Everyone had hope, even if slight. Why is that so hard to understand?

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        4. NattyBo‏ @NattyBDC Oct 5
          Replying to @RickCalvert @chrisgeidner

          It's hard to understand because the hope, however slight, was based on literally nothing but naivete.

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        5. Bad Seed of Baltimore says‏ @RickCalvert Oct 5
          Replying to @NattyBDC @chrisgeidner

          That's only a claim that can ever be seen in hindsight. Otherwise, there would never be hope at all. As long as I have blood running in my veins, this won't be over. Believing we'll all just give up and go home? THAT is naiveté.

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        6. NattyBo‏ @NattyBDC Oct 5
          Replying to @RickCalvert @chrisgeidner

          I don't think we'll all give up and go home. I don't think it'll matter because the Senate and Electoral College are antiquated and designed to keep the country conservative and backwards as possible

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        1. Tyler Dinucci‏ @TylerDinucci Oct 5
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          It’s wild.

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