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sweetloukillbot

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8. If it goes to cloture, their votes won't matter, and if the Repubs go nuclear, they won't either

Reply to Equinox Moon (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 30, 2017, 10:03 PM

Mar 2017

The Republicans need to peel more than those two. I suspect they were given ok from the whip if we still have enough votes to filibuster.
They come from solid Trump country and a more liberal Dem won't win their seat. Period. A primary will cost us their seat.
Now if others start coming out publicly for Gorsuch, that's a different story.

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Would Heitcamp and Manchin work with trump and republicans to kill ACA? [View all] Equinox Moon Mar 2017 OP

No. Because their constituents depend on it and there is no political upside in undermining it. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #1

yup JI7 Mar 2017 #3

I suspect their constituents support Gorsuch so there is a downside in opposing him. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #6

Maybe. Equinox Moon Mar 2017 #4

Good question Lotusflower70 Mar 2017 #2

These two need to be watched closely. Equinox Moon Mar 2017 #5

It's hard to believe something so politically naive would be posted here. Really. KittyWampus Mar 2017 #7

If it goes to cloture, their votes won't matter, and if the Repubs go nuclear, they won't either sweetloukillbot Mar 2017 #8

I know right Lotusflower70 Mar 2017 #10

Manchin would edhopper Mar 2017 #9