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10. As scripted as a pro wrestling match

Fri Oct 23, 2020, 01:11 PM

Oct 2020

Gee, just two votes short! Mitt Romney and Lindsay Graham must have been in the can or something.

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Yep. These two were "allowed" to vote no. TDale313 Oct 2020 #1

Yep. They were let off the hook. Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2020 #6

Murkowski isn't up for reelection this year moose65 Oct 2020 #13

Point is, if they thought they needed her vote TDale313 Oct 2020 #14

Will Trump rail on them tonight? Watchfoxheadexplodes Oct 2020 #2

if he doesn't, we'll know with 100% certainty this was all planned Roland99 Oct 2020 #5

The usual pattern. They can be "mavericky" when it doesn't matter. unblock Oct 2020 #3

The people in Maine are not fooled Susan Collins! Vote her out! Nt helpisontheway Oct 2020 #4

Murkowski didn't need cover, but Collins did. AkFemDem Oct 2020 #7

They will still vote to confirm. pwb Oct 2020 #8

Collins has promised she will vote "No" mainer Oct 2020 #15

It is the same old bullshit dalton99a Oct 2020 #9

As scripted as a pro wrestling match gratuitous Oct 2020 #10

Collins is calculated political move, Murkowski is not beachbumbob Oct 2020 #11

Meaningless. OnDoutside Oct 2020 #12

I am sure it is designed to give them the political cover needed Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #16