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Will McCain resign to give McConnell an extra vote on Trump’s SCOTUS nominee?
« on: June 29, 2018, 09:51:22 pm »
Will McCain resign to give McConnell an extra vote on Trump’s SCOTUS nominee?

AllahpunditPosted at 11:21 am on June 28, 2018

I have no news story to link to here. To the contrary, I haven’t seen this question asked once in the flood of coverage since Kennedy’s announcement yesterday. So let’s ask it.



With McCain out, Senate Republicans have zero margin for error on the nomination. It’s 50/49. Either Susan Collins or Lisa Murkowski — or anti-Trumpers Jeff Flake and Bob Corker, both of whom are retiring — could sink the nominee if Democrats hang together. And they will, I think. The Democratic base will get so hot over this that Manchin and the rest of the red-staters will hang back to see what Republicans are doing. If Collins or anyone else makes some disapproving noises that imperil the nominee, pressure from the left on Manchin et al. to vote no and kill the nomination will be enormous. It’s easy to imagine red-state Dems supporting a nominee who’s going to be confirmed anyway on a party-line Republican vote. It’s almost unimaginable that they’d *rescue* a nominee who’s headed for defeat due to a Republican split.

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Re: Will McCain resign to give McConnell an extra vote on Trump’s SCOTUS nominee?
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2018, 10:00:55 pm »
Will McCain resign to give McConnell an extra vote on Trump’s SCOTUS nominee?

Resign? How ill informed is this dude. McLame has been dead for the last 8 months. Geez.
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Re: Will McCain resign to give McConnell an extra vote on Trump’s SCOTUS nominee?
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2018, 10:03:15 pm »
He needs to be pressured into doing this.  They can send his daughter to congress for all I care.  Actually, she may be an improvement.
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Re: Will McCain resign to give McConnell an extra vote on Trump’s SCOTUS nominee?
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2018, 10:25:49 pm »
There needs to be a drive to get him to resign. He can't fulfill his duties, and that vote is needed. As a military man that's always touting his military experience, he should get that.
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Re: Will McCain resign to give McConnell an extra vote on Trump’s SCOTUS nominee?
« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2018, 11:50:55 am »
It is a chance to put a slight luster on his Senate time.

Is McCain bright enough or conscious enough to recognize it.

I don't think McCain has been right since his failed presidential
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Re: Will McCain resign to give McConnell an extra vote on Trump’s SCOTUS nominee?
« Reply #5 on: June 30, 2018, 12:26:39 pm »
Quote from: cato potatoe on June 29, 2018, 10:03:15 pm
He needs to be pressured into doing this.  They can send his daughter to congress for all I care.  Actually, she may be an improvement.

The Governor's going to send the wife to Washington.

And, no, McCain will not resign, he wants to die a sitting Senator.  I'm guessing the funeral arrangements are more elaborate this way.
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Re: Will McCain resign to give McConnell an extra vote on Trump’s SCOTUS nominee?
« Reply #6 on: June 30, 2018, 03:17:13 pm »
McCain is too full of himself to do the right thing. 
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Re: Will McCain resign to give McConnell an extra vote on Trump’s SCOTUS nominee?
« Reply #7 on: June 30, 2018, 03:23:16 pm »
Quote from: Puss-N-Boots on June 30, 2018, 03:17:13 pm
McCain is too full of himself to do the right thing.

Yup and he doesn't mind in the slightest that he is cheating the people of Az out of their
representation in the Senate. I certainly hope the people of Az are paying attention. No more
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Re: Will McCain resign to give McConnell an extra vote on Trump’s SCOTUS nominee?
« Reply #8 on: June 30, 2018, 03:34:50 pm »
McCain would cut off his own nose to spite Trump in any way he possibly can. Hell NO! McCain isn't going to willingly do anything that may help the Republican Party or Trump, no matter what the cost to America. He wants to die a hateful, spiteful, angry old man, cursing shaking his fist all the way to hell.
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Re: Will McCain resign to give McConnell an extra vote on Trump’s SCOTUS nominee?
« Reply #9 on: June 30, 2018, 03:36:24 pm »
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Will McCain resign to give McConnell an extra vote on Trump’s SCOTUS nominee?

McCain absolutely hates Trump, so my answer to this question is "No."  He's been giving the finger to AZ conservatives since he was first elected Senator.
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Re: Will McCain resign to give McConnell an extra vote on Trump’s SCOTUS nominee?
« Reply #10 on: June 30, 2018, 04:07:09 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on June 30, 2018, 03:36:24 pm
McCain absolutely hates Trump, so my answer to this question is "No."  He's been giving the finger to AZ conservatives since he was first elected Senator.
An they kept re-electing him and mumbling it was an accident...they walked into a door.
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Re: Will McCain resign to give McConnell an extra vote on Trump’s SCOTUS nominee?
« Reply #11 on: June 30, 2018, 04:14:01 pm »
Quote from: Once-Ler on June 30, 2018, 04:07:09 pm
An they kept re-electing him and mumbling it was an accident...they walked into a door.

Dems like him, and if they're registered Indy, they can vote for him in the Primary.  I've voted against him every chance I've had, so I accept zero blame for this fossil.
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Re: Will McCain resign to give McConnell an extra vote on Trump’s SCOTUS nominee?
« Reply #12 on: June 30, 2018, 04:30:57 pm »
Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on June 30, 2018, 12:26:39 pm
The Governor's going to send the wife to Washington.

And, no, McCain will not resign, he wants to die a sitting Senator.  I'm guessing the funeral arrangements are more elaborate this way.

I agree.  If McCain is still able to make any decisions at all, he will not resign.
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Re: Will McCain resign to give McConnell an extra vote on Trump’s SCOTUS nominee?
« Reply #13 on: July 01, 2018, 02:31:26 am »
With any luck, maybe he'll 'resign' in a different way.   :shrug:
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Re: Will McCain resign to give McConnell an extra vote on Trump’s SCOTUS nominee?
« Reply #14 on: July 01, 2018, 03:16:48 am »
Quote from: Once-Ler on June 30, 2018, 04:07:09 pm
An they kept re-electing him and mumbling it was an accident...they walked into a door.

Actually, Arizona has open primaries. That means democrats kept electing this traitorous POS and Republicans held their noses to vote for the scumbag.

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Re: Will McCain resign to give McConnell an extra vote on Trump’s SCOTUS nominee?
« Reply #15 on: July 01, 2018, 03:18:51 am »
Quote from: Emjay on June 30, 2018, 04:30:57 pm
I agree.  If McCain is still able to make any decisions at all, he will not resign.

Hard to say which body decomposes  faster , lest if lose it's grip on power...McCain or Ginsburg....
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Re: Will McCain resign to give McConnell an extra vote on Trump’s SCOTUS nominee?
« Reply #16 on: July 01, 2018, 04:38:45 am »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on June 30, 2018, 04:14:01 pm
Dems like him, and if they're registered Indy, they can vote for him in the Primary.  I've voted against him every chance I've had, so I accept zero blame for this fossil.

@Cyber Liberty
Are rats voting for McCain in the general election too?  They must be since conservatives like you didn't vote for him.  Imagine rats voting for the GOP nominee and electing him in the general...It's almost like they're Republicans, and your not.  It's too bad the people of AZ didn't have the power to change their election laws for the last 32 years of McCain's Senate career.

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Re: Will McCain resign to give McConnell an extra vote on Trump’s SCOTUS nominee?
« Reply #17 on: July 01, 2018, 01:11:43 pm »
Quote from: Once-Ler on July 01, 2018, 04:38:45 am
@Cyber Liberty
Are rats voting for McCain in the general election too?  They must be since conservatives like you didn't vote for him.  Imagine rats voting for the GOP nominee and electing him in the general...It's almost like they're Republicans, and your not.  It's too bad the people of AZ didn't have the power to change their election laws for the last 32 years of McCain's Senate career.

I would assume so, yes.  He's been better for the Dems than anybody they're ever run would be.

The politicians in AZ are as foolish as politicians are all over the country.  They are terrified the Press will rip them if they try to move back to the system where Republicans pick Republicans, and Democrats pick Democrats.  It's fashionable to be "anti-Party," and it would be just terrible if "Independents" (Democrats) were to be "disenfranchised" from the Primaries.  Making voters choose a Party would be too much effort.
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