Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) — one of two red-state Democrats, with Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), who has yet to publicly stake a position on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh — seems to be leaning toward a “yes” vote, according to a Thursday Politico report.
Per Politico, while Manchin does not want the spotlight that would accompany being the 50th vote to put Kavanaugh over the line, he would not mind being a “yes” vote after that.
President Donald Trump has reportedly spoken directly with Manchin about the vote, which is notable given the generally laissez-faire approach he’s taken with senators during the confirmation process.
Manchin is comfortably ahead in recent polls, which likely gives him more leeway to vote his conscience than his Democratic peers who’ve found themselves in closer races and have to act with more political calculation.
Oh FFS isn’t this gimp up like 10+ points in polls?
12%
It would be morbidly ironic if Manchin did this and then Kavanaugh proved to be the decisive vote on the Supreme Court for restoring extreme Constitution-in-Exile jurisprudence that overturns some of the things Manchin has gone out on a limb to support such as Obamacare, the minimum wage and Social Security.
Note “freedom to vote his conscience” in this case seems to mean he’s willing to take a hit with Democratic voters to stand up for a bro.
What a surprise. He doesn’t seem to mind to have an unprincipled partisan warrior that expressed extreme animosity towards his party during the confirmation in the supreme court who will for decades be the deciding vote, all he cares is keeping his seat, true patriot this Manchin.
Maybe now, let’s see after his yes vote.