Murkowski, Collins, maybe Romney?

[edhopper]

Any more say they won't vote before November 3rd?

We need 4 and there is the chance for Mark Kelly, but that isn't until November 30th, still time for Mitch to fuck the country.

[msongs]

1. not voting before nov 3 means nothing. only waiting for inauguartion day means anything nt

[edhopper]

15. Murkowski said next Inaugaration

and Collins said the next President.

[andym]

2. Maybe Grassley

He previously stated no vote before an election and he is probably retiring in 2022 (would be 88)-- also from an earlier era where his word might have some meaning. Romney may be the decider.

[rsdsharp]

13. Thirty years ago Grassley's word had meaning.

Now he wants a headline that puts him in a good light. He’s already got that, so he’ll vote the party line.

If we still have a Republican governor in 2022 I expect he’ll run and then retire early in his term so that his grandson Patrick can be appointed.

[grumpyduck]

3. I would bet two cents on Collins.

[Edit]: I would not bet two cents on Collins.

[AleksS]

6. That's a little rich for my blood.

She will be concerned however, as she votes right along party lines.

[grumpyduck]

8. Oops, sorry, just noticed my boo-boo.

Edited.

[AleksS]

9. Ha! I just figured that was an upper limit for you

And, I guess, at a billion-to-one odds, even a one-penny safety bet returns you a few million bucks...

[Salviati]

4. Only collins has made a statement.

Correct me if I'm wrong (with verifiable sources)

romney's communication director has disavowed the story that he had committed to opposing a nomination, and murkowski's statement was before the news had broken about RBG's death, and as a hypothetical statement, should be given no weight.

[brush]

7. Can't believe what Collins says. She's known for the feints of concern before...

she dutifully toes the party line. Murkowski might come through, and Romney, maybe. That still leaves us short but I don't think Moscow Mitch wants to have a vote before the election as he has a few vulnerable senators in his conference facing tight races—Arizona, Colorado, Maine and North Carolina—who don't want to be put in the position of voting to replace RBG shortly before the election when they didn't vote to replace Scalia long before the election. McConnell might go through the motions and seem enthusiastic for a vote while quietly signalling to Collins et al that it's ok to vote no as he doesn't want them to lose their seats, and his Majority Leadership along with it, and maybe even his own Senate seat.

By holding the vote before the election he will have done his duty to trump, who he probably thinks will lose anyway, and live to fight another day. He has no shame, he may want to wait until the lame duck session anyway and not have to rush things.

We'll see.

[Salviati]

10. I certainly know that...

... but there are a lot of stories going around about how certain republican senators have come out against filling a nomination before the election, or before the inauguration. Promulgating these rumors is counterproductive, and while taking collins at her word is inadvisable, and is certainly counting ones chickens before they're hatched, counting any of the other senators mentioned is counting your chickens before the eggs are even laid.

[brush]

12. I can't disagree. Can't trust any of them, especially Moscow Mitch.

[edhopper]

16. Murkowski

https://www.alaskapublic.org/2020/09/18/alaska-senator-murkowski-said-friday-she-would-not-vote-for-a-justice-ahead-of-election/

Alaska Senator Murkowski said Friday she would not vote for a justice ahead of Inauguration Day

[Salviati]

17. I'm not going to put any weight into statements about hypothetical situations

Shortly before the announcement that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died Friday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski said in an interview that if she was presented with a vacancy on the court, she would not vote to confirm a nominee before the election.

If she comes out and says that now (Or if it's reported that she knew of RGB's death before it broke in the media), that's a different story, but I don't like that people are reporting this quote as if it were given in the context of RBG's death.

[chowder66]

5. I'm counting on them voting in line with their bankrupt party. They are Republicans and no longer

are trusted to do anything remotely honorable, right or sane. They are pathetic and need to be voted out of office.

[Salviati]

11. The republican party has never failed to disappoint me...

... why should it start now?

[chowder66]

14. Exactly. My expectations are zero when it comes to them.

[2naSalit]

18. Don't hold your breath for any of them.

You'll have wasted a lot of energy.