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Sen. Angus King of ME sez (he

artappraiser — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 03:29:11 +0000

In reply to Intriguing point on Bolton

Sen. Angus King of ME sez (he who might communicate with Sen. Collins once in a while?)

Independent Senator Boldly Predicts Bolton News Will Make 5-10 GOP Senators Call for Witnesses https://t.co/Lh6SROuW3m pic.twitter.com/XgAtesvrgc
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) January 28, 2020

The Drumpf-approved talking

artappraiser — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 17:48:04 +0000

In reply to "accompanied by a White House

The Drumpf-approved talking points are by Dan Bogino, which may or may not agree with what WH staff plans to do, one never knows:

"Nobody cares." pic.twitter.com/N1q2YC9gY9
— Philip Bump (@pbump) January 27, 2020

"accompanied by a White House

artappraiser — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 17:17:42 +0000

In reply to Er some people just gave the

"accompanied by a White House press aide" caught my eye; they just picked up their new talking points?

Here are the House GOP Trump surrogates leaving Pence’s Senate office just off the floor around noon today, accompanied by a WH press aide. pic.twitter.com/6T168K0CMY
— Darren Samuelsohn (@dsamuelsohn) January 27, 2020

Intriguing point on Bolton

artappraiser — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 17:04:29 +0000

In reply to Er some people just gave the

Intriguing point on Bolton book effect that I just ran across at DKos:

Trump plans victory lap tour after throwing Republican Senators under the bus

....The White House sat on this fact long enough that Republican Senators stuck their neck out there and swore loyalty oaths to the President, only now discover the man with the mustache may make them all fools. When US Senators are wondering what happened to them, what exactly should the president be doing? Well, planning a year-long party of sorts, right?...

More same:

Lots of GOP senators waiting to get their cues from the WH today. Odd given that they've all just realized the WH has kept them in the dark about some of the things they're already out there defending. https://t.co/D29EWWl4OU
— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) January 27, 2020

made me go back and find something else I just saw, I thought "oh I see, Senator Collins doesn't want to be thrown under the bus" when later conservative constituents who like Bolton types want to know "why didn't you do soemthing about the idiot?"

My statement on Bolton developments. pic.twitter.com/3M59J7suts
— Sen. Susan Collins (@SenatorCollins) January 27, 2020

Er some people just gave the

artappraiser — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 23:12:00 +0000

In reply to We won today

Er some people just gave the contents of the draft of Bolton's "explosive account" about the Ukraine matter for his book to Maggie & Michael Schmidt of the NYTimes:

SCOOP on Bolton’s unpublished manuscript:
Trump told Bolton that he wanted $391 million in aid to Ukraine frozen until officials there helped with investigations into the Bidens, manuscript sayshttps://t.co/rWoNl3qs0B
By @maggieNYT @nytmike
— Clifford Levy (@cliffordlevy) January 26, 2020

excerpt:

[....] Mr. Bolton’s explosive account of the matter at the center of Mr. Trump’s impeachment trial, the third in American history, was included in drafts of a manuscript he has circulated in recent weeks to close associates. He also sent a draft to the White House for a standard review process for some current and former administration officials who write books.

Multiple people described Mr. Bolton’s account of the Ukraine affair.

The book presents an outline of what Mr. Bolton might testify to if he is called as a witness in the Senate impeachment trial, the people said. The White House could use the pre-publication review process, which has no set time frame, to delay or even kill the book’s publication or omit key passages [....]

While I can hope for that, I

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 04:04:36 +0000

In reply to I think Trump managed to

While I can hope for that, I had another phone call today that the heartland is still bolstering Trump, praising those jobs he created vs the lack of results and welfare cases from "the other guy". Hopefully the younger demo's turning, but I remain worried.

I think Trump managed to

rmrd0000 — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 03:46:59 +0000

In reply to That's not surprising. It's

I think Trump managed to taint the entire Republican party. The result could be a Democratic majority in the House and the Senate. Hopefully, it also means possible election of a Democratic President. This time around, I don't think the Democratic majority will be as willing to reach across the aisle as Democrats were in the Obama administration. The Republicans may have jumped the shark.

That's not surprising. It's

ocean-kat — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 02:46:09 +0000

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That's not surprising. It's how I feel. I'm not watching it on tv nor am I following every detail in the news I read. But that doesn't mean it's good for the president. We've already decided he's guilty, and that means most of the moderate democrats, so what every defense he puts up we won't see. It adds to the burning anger we feel for Trump and his most dedicated followers. People, a majority according to the polls think he's guilty and will express that to friends and acquaintances. And perhaps some of those on the fence will be moved to our side.

this says to me there's been

artappraiser — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 01:32:00 +0000

In reply to This begs the question of

this says to me there's been a win against Trump's ego, don't know if that's good or bad as far as eventual outcome:

“He has a hardcore political staff. They say, ‘It’s all about the base. You might lose one voter.’ And then he backs down.” https://t.co/mR3JrEdigt
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 26, 2020

This begs the question of

artappraiser — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 01:10:14 +0000

In reply to We won today

This begs the question of Flav's post: who is "we"? and "win" what?

CNN's Axelrod says impeachment didn't come up until 80 minutes into focus group

By Joe Concha @ TheHill.com - 01/24/20 10:04 PM EST

Former Obama chief strategist David Axelrod said he attended a focus group with Democratic voters in Chicago on Friday, describing the gathering as "chilling" because impeachment "didn't come up" until more than an hour into the session despite it taking place amid the Senate trial of President Trump.

Axelrod, who serves as a political analyst on CNN, shared about his experience during an interview with network anchor Erin Burnett on "OutFront" on Friday night, as Democratic House impeachment managers made their final arguments in the trial before White House lawyers begin their defense of the president on Saturday.

"I was in a focus group this morning for the Institute for Politics here at the University of Chicago with some Chicago Democratic voters, and it was chilling to hear them talk about this," Axelrod said. "Because impeachment didn’t come up, no one volunteered it, for 80 minutes into the focus group, and we’re right in the middle of the trial."

"When it came up, they said, you know, it's terrible what he did, the case has been proven, but we know how it's going to turn out," Axelrod continued. "So we're not really that interested, we're ready to move on."

"And I think that's what Mitch McConnell and the president and the White House are banking on: [....]