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JanusIanitos's avatar

Collins' shtick is that she makes noises about being moderate when they don't matter, and then goes along with the republican caucus at every moment that it does matter.

Saying that they need to vet nominees is easy noise to make. Is she going to be a pain in the ass to Thune if it doesn't happen? She has options to delay and slow things, even if she couldn't outright stop it on her own. Unlikely that she will.

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Tom A's avatar

Precisely. She will go against the guys that like 15 other Republicans wont vote for or like one other GOPer would vote against.

She wont be the tie breaking vote against the GOP on anything.

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benamery21's avatar

Unless somebody surprises her in a close vote and she’d have to actually go back and change her vote to in order to throw it to the GOP. Thanks again for that, Johnny Boy.

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TheDude415's avatar

Well, and assuming the results of PA-SEN don't change, she's also making this noise from a position where she knows her vote doesn't actually matter. They would still have 52 votes (51 if Murkowski goes along).

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Tom A's avatar

PA-SEN is over - margin is bigger than the number of votes left to count, and way too big for a recount to change.

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