The alternative is that no Senate will ever confirm the SCOUTS nominee of a president from the opposite party unless that president is a Republican. I don’t see how that is significantly better.
What difference does the election make? 67 Senate seats isn’t matheematically possible.
You are making an implicit assumption with which I don’t agree.
I’m curious about something. A lot of the power of the Senate majority comes from the majority leader’s power to run the proceedings, and chairing the various committees. If the Senate is 50-50, how are those positions determined? Is there some kind of coalition/compromise, or does Pence break that tie too?
Majority Leader is an elected position in the Senate. The VP steps in to vote in the Senate only to break any ties.
Which means, practically speaking, that the party holding the White House controls a 50-50 Senate.
Daschle and Lott managed to negotiate a pretty decent power-sharing agreement, but those were…different times.
I thought one of the conditions of that agreement was that no Democratic Senators challenge the Florida (or any other) votes in the 2000 electoral vote count.
Theoretically, it doesn’t even matter who the majority leader is, because the President Pro Tem only presides when the President of the Senate (i.e., the VP) isn’t doing it. It’s traditional for the VP to only show up at all when the vote is tied, but legally, they could come every day and bang the gavel and bring up motions and do all that other presiding stuff other than actually voting.
I’ll say it right now that Heitkamp will vote to confirm Kavanaugh, as will Jones. They have to play politics in their home states, too.
Back when the VP was a FourthBranch™ of government, the VP didn’t have time for any of that stuff anyway. 
You mean we have non-citizen in the Senate? After all you stated “the senate can be returned to American hands,” just because you don’t agree with them doesn’t mean they aren’t american, nor does it mean you way is the right way. It’s why we vote, to decide what direction to take the country in, you might think we’re going the wrong way, in which case vote them out, or you might believe we’re headed in the right direction in which case vote to keep them. But, just because you disagree doesn’t mean the people who voted for them, nor the people serving aren’t americans.
If Kavanaugh was immaculate, there would have probably been several crossover dems because their votes wouldn’t have mattered and it they could say things like, “while I don’t agree with him in many areas he is certainly qualified, blah, blah, blah, yakkity schmakkity…”
That is no longer the case. With lying under oath, hidden documents, and now a credible attempted rape accusation, senators like Heitkamp have the the perfect political cover, “This isn’t about partisan politics this is about the integrity of the court, yada, yada, yada, something something women, so on and so forth…”
Case in point… Doug Jones on Twitter
I believe the reference is to the established fact that Donald Trump is Russia’s bitch and the Senate is Trump’s bitch so by extension the Senate is exercising Russia’s wishes because they are too craven, cowardly and spineless to stand up to these bullies. Say what you will about Democrats but recognize that they do not have the deep links to Russian interests that Trump’s “best people” keep landing in jail for. That is my take on the situation but galen ubal might have meant something different.
The Republicans are going all out for the women’s vote. The traditional approach, sending candy…Ram’s Bladder Cup…Crunchy Frog…Cockroach Cluster…Anthrax Ripple…and of course, the ever-popular September Surprise!
Yessir, nothing but blue skies and sunshine ahead!
Ok, who was in charge during the 2016 elections, that would be the Obama administration, they knew about Russian interference, why didn’t they do more to stop it. Could it be that the Obama administration and Obama himself interfered with foreign elections, Kenya, Israel, Russia, Macedonia, Albania, Libya, Egypt and Great Britain. Maybe they didn’t do more because they were doing it themselves.
Every country tries to influence (interfere) the elections of other countries, maybe Russia did it better this time than we did, I doubt it. Given the number of sanctions, from Trump and Congress, the backlash in this country, it didn’t work out that well for them. And while you state Democrats don’t have deep links with Russia some do Mark Warner, the Podesta Group, founded by Obama adviser and Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, Former Sens. John Breaux (D-La.) and many others have Russian ties. Didn’t the DNC and the Hillary Clinton campaign funded the anti-Trump “dossier” that relied on Russian sources?
I hate to say the left has gone off the deep end but here’s a headline I found
What If Trump Has Been a Russian Asset Since 1987
I not saying the right is any better here’s something that was floating about after the election on some of my boards I watch
It’s funny how donations to the Clinton foundation fell after she lost the election, what were they trying to buy?
Again if you think the country is heading in the wrong direction, or the person in charge is wrong for the country, then vote, if enough people agree with you then someone else will be in charge.
In the end the DNC picked a bad candidate, one with a lot of baggage. I know the left points out she got move votes, but it like saying our football team ran more yards and lost. In this case it’s the electoral college that matter, just as in football goals matter. The midwest was hurting and all they heard was, it’s all great and we’re going to give you more of the same. So they wanted change and voted for the person who stated they wanted change too.
They’ll probably try to woo them by singing them the original* lyrics from “It Depends On What You Pay” from The Fantasticks.
*No longer used, I understand - which is all for the best.
Here’s a pretty non-partisan analysis, if you want one.
Mitch McConnell refused to join in a bipartisan statement announcing and condemning the interference campaign. Wonder why?
Can’t find it right now, but I saw Jones quoted the other day as saying that Alabamans weren’t as overwhelmingly supportive of Kavanaugh as one would expect.
Why? Someone who’s willing to vote for a child molester should be willing to support a teen molester.