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| The GOP Can't Win for Losing |
| 2018-09-21 |
| [Kim Strassel - WSJ] A Kavanaugh defeat would demoralize the Republican base, not energize it. As the battle over Brett Kavanaugh rages on, pundits continue to speculate about what an unproven sexual-misconduct claim might mean for the future makeup of the Supreme Court, for subsequent nominations and for the credibility of the #MeToo movement. In the halls of Capitol Hill, the question centers on a much more immediate and political question: the fate of the Republican Party. The overwhelming verdict‐on right and left‐is that if Judge Kavanaugh goes down, so too does the GOP in the upcoming midterms. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 We expect better from Republicans We do? At this point, part of me wants to see the GOP drop Kavanaugh and push Don Willett through with no hearings. It won't happen (and probably wouldn't work anyway) but the Right needs to examine whether its "reasonableness" is doing more harm than good. As Nicholas Nassim Taleb might say "Most 'unreasonable' wins." |
| Posted by: charger 2018-09-21 15:19 |
| #6 NYT headline that Rosenswine wanted to wear a wire in meeting with Trump, we are in open revolt by the Deep State and the demonrats against the duly elected President of the United States. Hold the damn vote Grassley, there are trials to be started.... |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2018-09-21 14:41 |
| #5 A Kavanaugh defeat would demoralize the Republican base, not energize it. Two fer |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-09-21 14:04 |
| #4 They are prepared to release most of their rage over any Kavanaugh defeat on the Republican Party. Which is exactly where it belongs. We know about Democrats. We expect better from Republicans and we'll be damn disappointed if we don't get it. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2018-09-21 12:51 |
| #3 Democrats seem to have a great deal more party discipline than Republicans. Are there any Democrats as eager to break ranks with their party as Flake, Murkowski and Collins are to break ranks with the Republican Party? These people need discipline. Hey, Collins, want something for Maine? Forget it! |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2018-09-21 12:46 |
| #2 It's a plain fact that "sitting out" an election is a loser. How many wars has pacifism stopped? Yeah, right. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-09-21 09:01 |
| #1 Seems to me most of them (Pub Pols) want to get rid of Trump and go back to business as usual - whether that will be possible after Democrats went so far successfully, I leave to the gentle reader. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-09-21 02:09 |