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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Oct 6

    Rather than primarying Manchin, it seems important to change the politics around Democratic policies. Would Manchin's vote be different if the risk Kavanaugh poses to health insurance had been highlighted? Probably still not, but ...

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      2. Carroll King‏ @cjkingmd Oct 6
        Replying to @emptywheel @Barryhallphd

        It’s too late to primary him. Flipping the Senate is more important than destroying a conservative Democrat for grins just to prove we can do it. And it’s unnecessary. There is ample anecdotal evidence of our ability to shoot ourselves in the foot

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      3. Social Democracy Now!  🌹#EleNao  1️⃣ 3️⃣‏ @SocDemNow Oct 6
        Replying to @cjkingmd @emptywheel @Barryhallphd

        Who wants him if he votes to confirm a man who will overturn progressive legislation for 5 decades? #ExpelManchin

        3 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      4. Lori‏ @MoonstoneMN Oct 6
        Replying to @SocDemNow @cjkingmd and

        We need the majority to get control of the committees.

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      5. Social Democracy Now!  🌹#EleNao  1️⃣ 3️⃣‏ @SocDemNow Oct 6
        Replying to @MoonstoneMN @cjkingmd and

        Manchin's vote damages our possibilities of taking back Congress. how can you not see that?

        5 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      6. Carroll King‏ @cjkingmd Oct 6
        Replying to @SocDemNow @MoonstoneMN and

        We don’t get control of the Senate or its committees unless we get a Democratic Majority. Right now, as you agitate for his defeat, Manchin is running against a Republican who is an avid Trumper. The primary is over. If you want a Democratic Majority, learn to count.

        1 reply 5 retweets 9 likes
      7. Carroll King‏ @cjkingmd Oct 6
        Replying to @cjkingmd @SocDemNow and

        Oh and don’t worry about that foot... we got another one just like it on the other side.

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      1. David Howard‏ @DavidHowardOjai Oct 6
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Manchin was irrelevant in the vote. Had he voted no, Kavanaugh was still confirmed. This is on Susan Collins.

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      1. Snarquebus‏ @BarackDaVote Oct 6
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Here's the reality: either Manchin wins and he's one of 51 seats that gives us control of the chamber, or he loses, we fail to flip the Senate, and McConnell fills the last seven vacancies on the federal appellate courts. That's the ball game.

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      1. Under Penalty of Felony‏ @BalkansBohemia Oct 6
        Replying to @emptywheel

        The initial cherrypicking of docs was the key to #Kavanaugh's passage. When we find out what was in there, we'll know why. And we'll see quickly that he was unqualified. It will be difficult, but not impossible, to remove him now.

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      2. Nasty Woman‏ @dlryan532 Oct 6
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Yes. There were MANY reasons Kavanaugh shouldn't have been confirmed, but almost 100% of the attention was focused on the sexual assault claim.

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      3. SK‏ @disqus_sk_user Oct 6
        Replying to @dlryan532 @emptywheel

        No, that was after they saw that none of the other claims made a dent. This could have been played better by the Democrats, but the end result was foregone.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Shana Lin‏ @ShanaLin4 Oct 6
        Replying to @disqus_sk_user @dlryan532 @emptywheel

        Yes and we’re supposed to be ok with them weaponizing the trauma of assault victims.

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      5. SK‏ @disqus_sk_user Oct 6
        Replying to @ShanaLin4 @dlryan532 @emptywheel

        Not even remotely.

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      1. I'll ride with you 📎‏ @mrshellwinger Oct 6
        Replying to @emptywheel

        But...if we don’t support him the Republican will be elected: PERIOD. We should have learned that lesson from 2016 - vote anyway.

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      1. Chip Douglas‏ @AreaMan_ Oct 6
        Replying to @emptywheel

        The whole point is that Manchin can’t be successfully primaried and still have a Democrat in that Senate seat. He’s the only D who can win/hold it. Trust me....this WV Democrat knows it well

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      1. Barry‏ @Barryhallphd Oct 6
        Replying to @emptywheel

        I agree, we need majority more than we need ideological purity ..

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      1. Bryan Rice‏ @bricey16 Oct 6
        Replying to @emptywheel

        The answer is still to elect Democratic senators instead of Republican senators when the chance presents itself

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      1. Bob Lynch‏ @LynchpinL Oct 6
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Wonder what would have happened if anyone focused on his obvious perjury and financial crimes.

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      1. Ed Smallwood‏ @EASmallwood Oct 6
        Replying to @emptywheel

        It would have been different if it had mattered.

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      2. Pamula‏ @bliss63 Oct 6
        Replying to @emptywheel

        How do all those school teachers who went on a state wide strike last March feel about Manchin now? Kavanaugh is no friend of workers’ rights or organized labor.

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