Good on her, for all that it matters. This manifestly partisan and intemperate perjurer is going to be a freaking Supreme Court Justice essentially because he’s deemed to be politically reliable.
It’s hard to feel good about this country and its future right now.
Heitkamp won her last election - which fwiw she trailed in the polls too - in large part because she campaigned for the Native American vote in ND. Most people who support BK probably were not going to vote for her anyway. I think she still loses, but not because of this.
In any event, good for her for taking a principled stance.
It really is; even in some imagined, bright future where meaningful progressive legislation is passed, SCOTUS will just go nope, that’s violating the free speech of American oligarchs, and we simply cannot abide that.
It’s very much the same.
In listening to the Slow Burn podcast for this season on Bill Clinton, I think history is going to be very unkind to him, and to his second term specifically, and most importantly, to his defenders. And history may be very kind to those who moved aggressively to impeach him…or at least those who insisted on a full investigation of his dalliances but were stonewalled by the president’s allies in Congress.
In the end, it speaks to me as some not-insignificant part of our electorate getting a little freaked out about seeing the details of stuff like this and reacting in unpredictable ways against the parties perceived to be the instigators.
I disagree, but time will tell. One large difference that seems to be overlooked is the backlash among women against Republicans. That didn’t happen with Clinton, and we don’t know yet how that plays out now.
MrGrumpy - I think the thing which most bothered both Democrats and a lot of Americans, was how quickly partisan the Whitewater investigation became.
The first investigator concluded that there was no evidence of Clinton involvement in the death of Foster or other Whitewater finance crimes. The GOP said he was appointed by the AG, complained that he was complicit and once they had congress, appointed Starr.
Starr also came to the conclusion that there was no evidence of Clinton involvement, however, he did petition the GOP congress to expand the investigation into Clinton and Lewinsky and whether someone perjured themselves.
What annoys a lot of people is the partisan effort to go after this completely unrelated thing in order to “get” Clinton into a perjury trap, at pretty much any cost. Which they did manage to do, but was it actually worth it in terms of both the money and the damage to America?
This is also why Trump and the GOP are trying SO hard both to not have Trump testify, and avoid any expansion of the Mueller investigation (and pretty much treating every piece of the investigation as out of scope - publicly).
I dunno man, from what I’m hearing this whole mess has fired up Republican women to “defend this good man against these smears.” Now if they’re older white women who would have voted and voted R in any case, no biggie.
I’m so confused.
Feinstein received a letter with an accusation against BK, but the letter writer wanted to remain anonymous. Feinstein honored the request and handed it to the FBI.
Someone (and from what I’ve read, not Feinstein or her staff, but perhaps another Democrat, we don’t know) leaked the name and it became public.
At that point, what was the play? Ignore it? Take BK’s word?
They (the Democrats) asked for an investigation and Grassley et al said no.
It wasn’t Democrats who forced BK to launch into a partisan screed, nor was it Democrats who coerced his college roommates to take issue with his account of his college years. I don’t understand how that becomes “overplaying” their hand, or smearing BK. Either Democrats take charges of attempted rape seriously, or they don’t. The issues that arouse out of BK’s testimony were due to his own accord, not some game of moving goalposts. I don’t know how this relates directly or otherwise to Clinton.
Depends on how educated suburban white women (<55 say) react (and if millennials turn out to vote.) If that happens, I don’t think it really matters how enthusiastic R’s become. Not saying I feel super rosey, but I don’t think it’s a fait accompli either.
Yay, I can send her money!
Quaro
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Seeing Republican support/chances increase during this SCOTUS fight is just stomach turning. Terrifying even.
It honestly feels like there is a 1 in 4 chance we lose the Republic this November, if Silver is right.
Timex
3590
Go knock on doors then and get folks to vote.
KevinC
3596
What about if you live in Deep Red USA? Three of four doors I knock on will be a Trump voter, I want them to stay at home! :)
Nesrie
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Or just a red county. I think it would be not safe for me to knock on doors. Heck we’ve already seen articles of people calling on their reps who are literally just doing that.
Miramon
3598
It’s a mortal risk to knock on doors in a red state if you are not squeaky-clean white.
Invite them all to your house, telling them that you have a Cask of Amontillado in the basement. While they are drunk downstairs, slowly build a wall that will imprisson them in your basement.
