GOP Sen Lisa Murkowski reiterates Senate should not take up SCOTUS nomination until after election

[Nevilledog]

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Jim Sciutto
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New: GOP Sen Lisa Murkowski reiterates Senate should not take up SCOTUS nomination until after election & hasn’t changed her mind after meeting Amy Coney Barrett.

“I’ve shared for a while that I didn’t think we should be taking this up until after the election,” she said.
10:42 AM · Oct 22, 2020

[Bayard]

1. So, what's she going to do about it?

[Nevilledog]

2. Nothing.

[WSHazel]

3. I think there is better than a 50% chance Murkowski switches parties after the election

She is definitely getting a primary challenge if she remains a Republican, and she will probably lose that primary. She could try the switcheroo she did in 2010 after the primary, but the Democrats will run a real candidate in 2022 because Alaska is trending purple, so that will be harder. If Murkowski wants to switch, she will have to do it early in the next session. I think this is why she is openly defying the GOP.

Her other alternative is to retire. She has no chance of getting reelected as a Republican.

[Buckeyeblue]

4. Let's see her sphere of influence

Can she lead a small group to shut this down?

[gratuitous]

5. Yeah, but what does that mean?

Does that mean the nomination sails through a lame duck Senate, and saves Republican Senators from having to be on record before voters go to the polls? Does that mean the nomination is dead for this Congress if Trump isn't re-elected? "After the election" is really ambiguous, and every Republican, even the putatively independent ones, has earned every drop of distrust.

[Nevilledog]

6. No doubt.

It's easy to be principled about something you can't change.

[beachbumbob]

7. she needs 3 more GOP'ers to have some ethical center to agree next week

so not likely