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US PoliEra 2020 |OT 2| Dershowitz says "Quid Pro Quo on the Go?" [See Staff Post]
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Well, an important thing to remember with "Romneycare" is it was passed by the Massachusetts legislature which was overwhelmingly Democratic. So much so that Romney actually vetoed parts of the program that the legislature had to override to implement. The idea that the ACA was a bog standard Republican idea before Obama took it up is a pretty skewed reading of the history behind it.
Romney disassociated himself from Romneycare in 2012 anyway to draw a contrast between himself and Obama.
I don't think Romney is a gettable vote on much of anything outside of immigration, but if he shed the party label that would certainly change things.
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Manchin will vote to convict. Republicans get no Democratic votes. https://twitter.com/sen_joemanchin/status/1225159956636340225 …
Senator Joe Manchin
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Voting whether or not to remove a sitting President has been a truly difficult decision, and after listening to the arguments presented by both sides, I have reached my conclusion reluctantly. My full statement:
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Well they did get a Bipartisan vote after all.
she already made her bed w/ Sue.
she already made her bed w/ Sue.
Nope. Trump did (and will) get weak margins for a GOP nominee there, but still win by a wide amount, it's deep deep red.
Oh ok
Why didn't that make big news?
Well yes. No to convict. Yes to acquit. I guess lol.
It.....did. But that was an eternity to go in this news cycle.
It was "big" but the bigger news ended up being not enough votes for witnesses overall, and what a coverup it all ended up being.
Mcconnell went from "they're upset they lost the 2016 election" to getting confused by his own speech: "Heads: I win. Tails: you cheated." and "you're so worried about the bull in the china shop that you would bulldoze the china shop to chase it out" and "the institutions must break the fever, not the other way around." were the choice analogies used.
"Today is the day the fever began to break, not the beginning." was the closing sentence. He didn't really need to make a speech, even.
"Today is the day the fever began to break, not the beginning." was the closing sentence. He didn't really need to make a speech, even.
Bwoah. Okay, for realsies surprised. He could have voted to acquit and no one would have held it against him. Jones and Romney are YOLO mode so I get their votes, and Sinema will be fine.
Entrance polls are bad and have margins of error like any poll. So this is based off hard data. At the very least it's mostly flat which is not good for his coalition.
Just think how great it will be when the Democratic Party does the same thing!
The formerly reasonably intelligent and center-right (that's gone more to the right) elections site I visit every so often, to see what the other side is thinking, is very upset Romney voted to convict.
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