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Columnist for Insider. Host of KCRW's Left, Right & Center & cohost w/ @popehat of All the President's Lawyers. Instagram: @ joshbarro

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    1. Josh Barro‏Verified account @jbarro 22 Sep 2020

      Josh Barro Retweeted Manu Raju

      The key political project for Democrats now is to make Republican senators concerned that voting before the election will be bad for their re-election prospects. Other strategic steps are all subsequent to that one.https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1308426800335331328 …

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      Manu RajuVerified account @mkraju
      GOP laying groundwork for a quick SCOTUS confirmation battle. Lindsey Graham, leaving meeting of Judiciary Committee Republicans, said they are looking at October confirmation hearings over three days. Confirmation vote before elections? “I think so.”
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    2. Josh Barro‏Verified account @jbarro 22 Sep 2020

      There are two elements to that: One is to do what's possible to slow down the political process so trying to confirm before the election means tying up vulnerable R incumbents in Washington; the other is making the confirmation itself unpopular.

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      Josh Barro‏Verified account @jbarro 22 Sep 2020

      I think there's a big risk to Republicans in confirming before the election: Democratic voters will be enraged and motivated, while Republican voters will have gotten one of the key things they wanted. As McConnell says, voters don't turn out to say "thank you."

      8:29 AM - 22 Sep 2020
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        2. Josh Barro‏Verified account @jbarro 22 Sep 2020

          If the prospect of confirmation is divisive but it hasn't happened yet, at least you have voters on both sides all hopped up and engaged about the issue, rather than just on one side.

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        3. Josh Barro‏Verified account @jbarro 22 Sep 2020

          Of course there are also reasons to confirm as fast as possible: It's a bird in the hand. If you haven't confirmed yet and you get creamed in the election anyway, who knows what the political situation is like in the lame duck and maybe the confirmation gets derailed.

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        2. Alex Godofsky‏ @AlexGodofsky 22 Sep 2020
          Replying to @jbarro

          You might be able to make them scared about court-packing though.

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        1. Serbian Cave Hermit‏ @mzbitca 22 Sep 2020
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          also like how many of them have given a whole bunch of "we don't need any more aide right now" comments about not moving on the House bill while they're gonna pull a hamstring ramming a supreme court justice in

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        2. Mr. Nick Beaudrot (3 years of Summer School)‏ @nbeaudrot 22 Sep 2020
          Replying to @jbarro

          Depends on how much Democrats keep complaining about it? Polls seem to show that, if named, the nominee should be confirmed, and if confirmed Dems probably shouldn't pack the court. Though Biden is too smart to commit to court packing

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        3. Hyza‏ @Hyza87 22 Sep 2020
          Replying to @nbeaudrot @jbarro

          Imaging being a Trump operative and having to work with nothing. No acchievements (apart from court packing, but that's McConnell) and having to deal with Joe "I know the politics game" Biden

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        1. Seth Trueger‏Verified account @MDaware 22 Sep 2020
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          Nov 4 confirmation

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        1. cprv‏ @ceepeerrrvvveee 22 Sep 2020
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          Exchanging a guaranteed SC justice for a terrible president who will likely lose anyway?

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        2. MakeMidtermsSexy‏ @MakeMidtermSexy 22 Sep 2020
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          This is why liberals need to accept that the seat is filled and move to higher ground

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        3. StubbyLibrarian‏ @IiStubby 22 Sep 2020
          Replying to @MakeMidtermSexy @jbarro

          Exactly. Flip the Senate, take the White House.

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