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Home Front: Politix

Democrats rush to prop up Sen. Heidi Heitkamp's re-election bid

2018-10-06

[WashingtonTimes] Sen. Heidi Heitkamp’s colleagues are rallying behind the North Dakota Democrat following her decision to oppose Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court.

Sens. Kamala Harris of California and Cory Booker of New Jersey, a pair of possible 2020 presidential contenders, and Sens. Tim Kaine of Virginia and Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire blasted out separate fundraising emails Friday on behalf of Ms. Heitkamp, commending her for putting 'country before politics' by voting "no" on Judge Kavanaugh.

'Heidi is voting for her values regardless of any right-wing attacks that could further jeopardize her reelection campaign in North Dakota ‐ a state that President Trump won by double digits," Mr. Booker said in his request. "Now we need to stand up for Heidi and help her fight back to ensure her Senate seat remains blue.'"
Will be interesting to see how the ND Native American electorate welcomes Sens. Harris and Booker. The Dems may be attempting to leverage the Trump Casinos -vs- Native American Casinos angle./span>

Posted by:Anomalous Sources

#2 The Kavanuagh backlash at the Dems as the "Party of Lies" may cost the Dems far more than they ever expected. Flip ND quite possibly, might even flip Montana, Indiana and West Virginia, and will solidify holds on other seats that were edging closer.

If they simply add 2 more seats with reliable conservatives, it changes the Senate a ton. 4 seats would make things incredibly easier considering the new senators are more conservative than the ones they are replacing.

With Flake replaced by a somewhat more conservative, McCain replaced by another somewhat more conservative, and the weak sisters Collins MurCOWski no longer needed for a majority vote, it makes the Senate much easier to get another conservative through.

Hello RBG, meet your replacement, Amy Coney Barrett.

Breyer is 80. If he kicks or retires, The Replacement for Breyer? Justice Willett has a nice ring to it.

And rumors abound about Justice Thomas health. If Thomas health is an issue, he should retire at the end of this session while Trump can name his replacement. The replacement for Thomas? Amul R. Thapar - the first Indian-American minority on the SC.

Could you imagine that? All those conservatives, all under 60.

Posted by: Injun Bucket8891 2018-10-06 12:50

#1 ...'Rallying' for Heidi costs nothing, especially when she's down by 10 (as of the last polls I saw) with less than 30 days to go. Typical Democratic response - all show, damned little go.

Mike

Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2018-10-06 05:32

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