Trump more powerful than you can possibly imagine

BREAKING NEWS – No more witness, Trump may be acquitted tomorrow

BUMPED and UPDATED II: It’s sounding like this will be done by Wednesday.

BUMPED and UPDATED: Murkowski will vote NO on more Impeachment witnesses.  The Democrats needed 4 Republicans to force the issue; they got Mittens and “never know how she’s gonna vote” Collins.  This is almost all over.

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Four Republican Senators had to vote with the Democrats to have more witnesses (e.g., that the US House Democrats should have done in their ‘inquiry’ but refused to follow up their subpoenas with Judicial orders).  Two of the regular suspects have decided to do just that.

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U.S. Senate chamber

Get On With It

As I write this, Sen. Susan Collins has just announced her support of Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court.  As I listened to her thoughtful and lengthy statement, I couldn’t quite forget the quote (possibly apocryphal) attributed to Dwight Eisenhower: “I made two mistakes and both of them are sitting on the Supreme Court.” Translation: … Read more

“He Really Is King”

From Weasel Zippers: WASHINGTON — Following President Obama’s lunch meeting with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill, Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins described the food served and the president’s reaction to what was on menu. “University of Maine recipe for healthy lobster salad — I pointed that out to the president in keeping with the first … Read more

really – “bipartisan financial support”?

There is a piece in the NY Times byCampell Brown calling out Planned Parenthood for being too ideologically pure when pummeling supporters that stray from “their line”. Gay rights supporters in New York offered an instructive lesson during last year’s battle for marriage equality. Gay marriage passed in New York because four Republican legislators crossed … Read more

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