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NEW: Real Talk...

Republicans are mostly enthusiastic about a Scotus fight bc it changes the topic from Trump & covid + they think angry Dems will make ACB a sympathetic figure

w @maggieNYT on a plan that’s based as much in hope as in strategy >

nytimes.com/2020/09/25/us/…
Lamar! — saying it out loud >

“Either the election can be about Trump or about Covid or about the Supreme Court. And I think, of those three, if it’s about the Supreme Court, that traditionally has helped Republicans more.”
What is striking for a president who’s shown no hesitation in using the levers of power for political purposes, he has shown scant interest in even considering Lagoa to help in FL

@SenRickScott makes case to us

But as @maggieNYT notes, Meadows + the right want ACB
Dem concerns about DiFi are real. They know they cannot afford to give Republican any opening

asked how they will avoid walking into the trap, Cantwell cited the whole panel >

“I think we’ve got enough women on the Judiciary Committee who know how to handle themselves”
A tell on how uneasy Republicans are on abortion politics

Tillis + Cornyn — both from red-leaning states and on ballot — wouldn’t say whether they wanted to overturn Roe.

Just said they’re “pro-life”

And Tillis read some stage directions >>

nytimes.com/2020/09/25/us/…
h/t @RonBrownstein for pulling the @PRRIpoll state by state numbers on abortion rights -- ME, CO, AZ (plus MI, where Rs still hoping to sag a Senate seat) have over 55% support for legal abortion
Part of Lagoa's challenge: Social conservatives sought to derail her by reminding Trump that she was first put on the bench by......yup, JEB.

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More from @jmart

Feb 5
Now cometh the news cycle when Dems realize Biden is gonna avoid debates, hope they can pin it on Trump for not doing debate commission ones

This has, literally folks, been the Biden plan for a year.

They “believe that Trump or any other Republican nominee will be reluctant to work with the Commission on Presidential Debates, lessening the chances, and risk, of a head-to-head debate.”

politico.com/news/magazine/…
If ya don’t think somebody who’s skipping the super bowl pre game interview two years in a row - a massive free media opportunity - is looking to avoid any unforced errors you should pay closer attention
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Apr 4, 2023
Best part of this is how much it contrasts w Biden’s woeful history in Iowa, caucuses and general

He knows who brung him to the dance and it ain’t Iowa

espn.com/womens-college…
Would only be better if it was SOUTH CAROLINA that had won finals 🌴
Read 7 tweets
Mar 23, 2023
NEW: Inside Sinema’s sniping spree

As she stockpiles cash, she’s letting loose on what she really thinks of her Dem colleagues, @SenSchumer @RonaldKlain + jello

It’s delighting her GOP audiences & giving some hope they can convert her yet

My column:

politico.com/news/magazine/…
Among the Rs who want McConnell to cut a deal w Sinema: W. Mitt Romney

Even if she doesn’t caucus w Rs, Mitt said he wants Sinema back, is open to stump for her in Ariz

Consider: In the vote that counts for McConnell, leader, he’s more likely to be backed by Sinema than Lake
This glimpse at Sinema is why some of her colleagues like her (quick w a iine, in on the joke) and why some of them find her insufferable (full of self)

But it's who she is.

And is why so many eyes rolled when she became an indie & said she hadn't thought thru the implications
Read 9 tweets
Nov 14, 2022
News: In a conversation the day after the midterms, BIDEN urged PELOSI to keep serving w him. “I hope you stick,” he told her.

My new column on the president, his “Catholic sister,” and the twilight days of their political careers (or not!)

politico.com/news/2022/11/1…
The attack on Paul Pelosi has left the speaker & president shaken, deepening their alarm about the country. And for Pelosi, who had been weighing the personal & the political, the attack effectively merged those two considerations, bringing her concerns home in the worst fashion
Pelosi was poised to step back if a red wave came ashore. And many House Democrats still believe that as long as they fall short of 218, she will relinquish her leadership post. But the rank-and-file are first to say: they're speculating.
Read 7 tweets
Nov 11, 2022
🚨🚨

Rick Scott was poised to ride the red wave to launch a long shot challenge against Mitch McConnell, had even recorded video to take on Trump’s bete noire

Then the wave didn’t crash, and there may be no majority >

politico.com/news/magazine/…
Lawmakers think Scott would’ve found 5-10 votes.

But winning wasn’t the point. Scott wanted a foil.

But the aborted coup now may just mark the final rupture between Scott and McConnell, who go back to when Scott was a donor and hospital exec in Louisville in the 90s.
Didn’t get a ton of attention, between ya know a pending midterm and promising dirt on DeSantis, but Trump told Fox on Monday that Scott was “a likely candidate” for leader and “hates” McConnell.
Read 6 tweets
Nov 8, 2022
NEW: The truth that dare not speak its name...

My election day column >

politico.com/news/magazine/…
One of the few cong Dems who *is* willing to say it loud:
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