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By Dan Desai Martin - October 2, 2018
In Sen. Susan Collins' home state on Maine, the Bangor Daily News writes, 'A no vote on his nomination is appropriate and necessary.'
Brett Kavanaughs petulant, belligerent, and dishonest testimony before Congress make him both unqualified and unfit to serve on the Supreme Court, according to two of Maines largest newspapers.
Maine is home to Republican Sen. Susan Collins, one of the few Republican senators still undecided about the upcoming vote on Kavanaughs confirmation.
Like Collins, we believe strongly in the Senates advice and consent role, which gives presidents great latitude in their judicial nominations, says a Bangor Daily News editorial. Kavanaugh fails this test. A no vote on his nomination is appropriate and necessary, it concludes.
Likewise, the Portland Press Herald is against the notion of Kavanaugh sitting on the highest court in the land.
https://shareblue.com/susan-collins-maine-newspapers-kavanaugh-unfit/
So Collins are you still going to "punt"...................
Meadowoak
(5,558 posts)Bfd
(1,406 posts)I read about a physician who will be running against Collins.
About time & I sincerely hope this challenger is true to her cause.
She will be needed whe Kavanaugh is impeached from the SC.
That is, if Kav doesnt't stopp all recounts as he did in 2000.
Or that he doesn't have the chance to vote unlimited piwrr to Trump, as he's already so stated.
Collins will do as much damage as possible before she's voted out of the Senate, I fear.
Tom Rinaldo
(22,913 posts)She always planned to use the fig leaf of Kavanaugh supposedly believing that Roe V Wade is settled law to justify toeing the Republican line. She knows that the next nominee up if Kavanaugh goes down will be more obviously hostile to Roe V Wade, and that supposedly is her "red line". If she helps sink Kavanaugh she is positioning herself to have to oppose two straight Trump nominee. That prospect might be enough to make her faint.
budkin
(6,714 posts)And Collins is a Bush gal all the way.
LandOfHopeAndDreams
(872 posts)Get that lobbying job lined up now. People don't forget in the span of 2 years. You're a Hypocrite, and Insult to Women.