US Politics November 2017

I think Democrats would vote for it (probably most of them!) but the bigger issue is whether McConnell will bring it to the floor at all, over the objections of his caucus

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like if all the Dems support it, and one third of the GOP - is that enough for Blobfish? Or would his caucus turn on him for betraying them?

bear in mind that Trump has specifically batted down the Alexander-Murray compromise as acceptable

UNacceptable

I meant

could be wishful thinking but: feel like murkowski (like manchin's "gosh, could the president have been lying" stance) is fundamentally a "no," but via a form of rhetoric that leads the more conservative voters in her state down that path over days or weeks. like sort of play naive at the start, as if the rest of the republicans actually want to make a good tax bill... then sigh sadly at the end, when after a lot of serious thoughtful work they just couldn't get it past that finish line with something that's really Good For Working People In Maine. darn, we'll try again next time! when obviously, from the get-go, the bill is actively hostile to working people in maine. but for some reason you can't just say that - need to seem like a hard-working legislator trying to work together with other people who are committed in good faith to making a serious bill. yadda yadda. so similarly "i can vote for this, once we get the protections in place that will make it work" is basically "i won't vote for this because that will never happen" but maybe it helps make it digestible if you're a voter who really thinks repealing the individual mandate is super important.

collins's rhetoric also seems open to this kind of move but maybe less so.

probably thinking too hard about it

no I think Dr. C's accurate, they are setting themselves up to take a lot of shit for torpedoing the GOP agenda, so they need to make it look like it was a lot of hard work and serious thinking to get them to that place

I endorse this message

https://www.theawl.com/2017/11/dont-win-arguments-win-elections/

I don't but then again, I wouldn't.

ohio man fucks

.@BillForOhio, a sitting Ohio Supreme Court justice and Democratic gubernatorial candidate, apparently posted on Facebook about his sexual escapades.

"In the last fifty years I was sexually intimate with approximately 50 very attractive females." pic.twitter.com/TUNT2IVbTt

— Eric Heisig (@eheisig) November 17, 2017

Remember this guy?

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rob-goldstone-ready-come-u-s-talk-mueller-n821826?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

Everyone from the gorgeous personal secretary to Senator Bob Taft (senior). That's quite a range indeed!

xpost What the fuck? Bob Taft Senior is a woman?

Or man? I'm confused?

https://media4.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2017_28/2068271/170711-rob-goldstone-2009-njs-1042a_f12b30a6a7be922f4b87bb5fdf82198b.nbcnews-ux-600-480.jpg

Gotta say, any guy that looks like this who is living in Bangkok is clearly up to no good.

I hear he made it with a redhead girl in a Chevrolet as well.

she was a black-haired beauty with big dark eyes

they lapped and tied in a true lover's knot, the red rose and the briar

In a sworn statement, he averred that he could see paradise by the dashboard light

ICYMI, big Clinton flack very upset at Gillibrand's 'Clinton should've resigned' take

@PhilippeReines

Ken Starr spent $70 million on a consensual blowjob. Senate voted to keep POTUS WJC. But not enough for you @SenGillibrand? Over 20 yrs you took the Clintons’ endorsements, money, and seat. Hypocrite.

Interesting strategy for 2020 primaries. Best of luck.

"consensual"

jfc

I think that BillForOhio guy is saying he slept with Flo from Progressive

can’t stop lolling at billforohio’s brave admission of a tender love affair with senator bob taft (senior)

that...is an extremely bad statement, Bill

BRAGGIN 2018 for Governor

Peace, Bill

https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/t/senior-man-gesturing-peace-sign-his-hand-cheerful-looking-camera-isolated-white-background-59719276.jpg

Dare I say this? Flo _is_ mega hawt, tho

Much less ambiguity about the polling trend in Alabama now. Things have gotten worse for Moore since the allegations first came out. pic.twitter.com/1cPt1jzvos

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 17, 2017

such a POS

A tearful Menendez thanked God, his family and the jurors outside the courthouse in Newark, New Jersey, as well as two senators who testified on his behalf as character witnesses, Democrat Cory Booker and Republican Lindsey Graham.

“The way this case started was wrong,” said Menendez, flanked by his grown children. “The way it was investigated was wrong. The way it was prosecuted was wrong. The way it was tried was wrong as well.”

The senator also added a warning to political rivals. “To those who were digging my political grave so they could jump into my seat: I know who you are, and I won’t forget you,” he said.

https://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2017/11/16/menendez-settles-score-before-reelection-campiagn-116825

Thank you, confused jurors.

rule of law in the country has really taken a hit.

nice to see Booker so astutely perceiving that his party's recent momentum is totally in the direction of vouching for guys accused of being massively corrupt.

that's why we elected the law and order president! he's on it don't worry xp

now wanna start a poll on which law and order character would make the best president

(the answer is lennie briscoe obv)

the mayor of Jersey City said he'd endorse Menendez for another term, bcz LOL Jersey City.

I just assume everybody in Jersey is handed a bribe at birth

and a copy of born to run

for office

lulz

I know that Cory Booker is made up entirely of either kumbayah or the distilled essence of treachery depending on who you talk to but this move makes no sense from either angle.

What's up with this new Sam Clovis Russia stuff?

How a conservative group dealt with a fondling charge against a rising GOP star

people, including tony perkins, knew about the ohio state senator for two years

Sarah Huckster today: “Senator Franken has admitted wrongdoing and the president hasn’t. I think that’s a very clear distinction.”

snrk

AHAHAHA

too true!

lol

sounds like a december thread title

doesn't beat previous contender "nobody knows it but everybody's saying it"

MURKOWSKI: Alexander-Murray *NOT* a precondition for her vote; she remains undecided on the tax bill https://t.co/Zvl5rCVUV0

— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) November 17, 2017

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