^ good Business Week article this week on Mitch and the Russki backed aluminum factory fistouche in Kentucky...(FWIW, I see KY turning blue right after Georgia and Texas, which is basically never. Demographics trumped by legislative, judicial and cultural issues, IMO, in the latter two.)
Then again, perhaps while in France Trump will give Kentucky back to France as a reversal of the Louisiana Purchase, of which Kentucky wasn't actually a part, but who cares about that?
In an election year, a SCJ pick is going to be extra politically charged. I don't think that would be the time that any GOP senator would want to replace Thomas with someone as conservative, or even more conservative, than he is.
The fight would possibly be even more contentious than that of Kavanaugh's.
If Thomas were to actually take the path that you surmise, I could see the court actually going to a more moderate stance, simply because of his loss. Sure, he'd be replaced with a Trump pick, but DT would be begged to not pick anyone as extreme. Not to say Trump would actually listen, and if he does, then the GOP Senate would very likely fall into the party line. However, in a rail thin election year as the one we have coming up, they would also very likely deal with consequences that would leave them regretting their choice.
So, with that being said, I'd guess that Thomas knows this too, and sticks to staying on the bench.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
I have heard about Amy, but since the poll didn't put her up against Mitch (as they did D vs. R in the governor's race) I assumed she wasn't official yet. From what I know about her, I think she can beat him.
Kentucky is not turning blue (Texas and Georgia might), but if the Rs don't have the enthusiasm the Ds obviously have, that spells trouble for them. This will clearly be the most volatile election season (and probably aftermath) we will have seen in our lifetime (I can't speak on the James K. Polk vs. Henry Clay kerfuffle of 1844).
Clarence Thomas, one of a kind. He and his wife travel around the country in their RV and stay in parks and camps all over the place. He uses an assumed name and says he enjoys the camaraderie and fireside visits with his fellow campers. One or two have said, "Man, you look a lot like Clarence Thomas."
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
Amy McGrath dropped a new ad today that appears to be going viral and really hits Mitch hard on whether he is a champion of coal workers or coal companies. In Kentucky, that is a big deal.
https://apple.news/AQ6fRSDeuSjy4ytwAL-oTtw
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Last edited by OldPhiKap; 08-24-2019 at 05:57 PM. Reason: Adding non-partisan tag
The Dems are a minority in the Senate. If they take the Senate it
is a different ballgame. After McConnell refused to give Harland
a hearing, the rules have changed. Impeachment
proceedings might cause Thomas to step down to avoid
embarrassment, which would be the point of doing it. Wise not to underestimate the anger over McConnell’s power play
Last edited by JasonEvans; 08-26-2019 at 03:15 PM.
Read today Trump said at the G7 meeting that he is having "misgivings" about the trade situation, giving it second thoughts...I remain confident in the prediction that victory will soon be declared.
yup, those guys are pretty hard core on the issue...Trump seems genuinely freaked about the possibility of a recession...I don't think he'll have any problem doing a major pivot
https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...7ce_story.html
You can't make this stuff up...in a very recent "clarification (we get a lot of those) White House officials say that Trump's only regret on the trade issue is that he didn't raise tariffs even higher.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...s?srnd=premium
Second thoughts appear to be not going higher on tariffs. Perhaps doing it faster? My interprettion without having read much more than the headline is that the election creates a timing issue that may have been misjudged. Likely the final goal is still the same. In other words, the Navarro/Lighthizer crowd reassertjng themselves after yesterday's comments.