This whole notion that Mueller needs to hurry up and release what he has, or that there is some kind of deadline on his invsetigation is a false narrative. Bob Mueller has been a professional prosecutor involved in corruption investigations for longer than many of his critics have been alive, and he’s been under literal fire in a warzone. He’s going to do the job the right way and to completion (unless fired before).
It is quite possible—even likely—that he will find nothing that directly links Donald Trump to Russian intelligence or interference in the elections, and may not even find definitive evidence that the Trump sons and campaign officials had colluded or conspired with Russians, although the number of undisclosed and reluctantly acknowledged contacts with Russian officials is damning in its own right even if not to the level of supporting impeachment or removal. And removal is not going to happen with a Republican-dominated Senate at any rate, so the idea that the investigation needs to be tied off to some practical purpose is without basis. And it is possible that a report will be completed and not released if Rod Rosenstein or whomever is in charge of Justice decides not to make it public.
It all depends on if the Supreme Court makes major controversial decisions–and the one which comes to mind is overturning Roe vs Wade. While Kavanaugh would probably vote to overturn, the Supreme Court often puts off these controversial issues and it is even possible Kavanaugh could turn out to be like David Souter–someone everyone expected to be quite conservative but turned out moderate–and didn’t vote to overturn Roe vs Wade.
Please drop the hijack regarding the particulars of the Kavanaugh confirmation hearing, especially the discussion about the particulars of Ford’s allegations. This thread is about Collins and her future prospective political chances.
This is a bit squishy I know because they intersect, but if it doesn’t have to do mostly with Collins it’s probably off topic. Examples would be post #14, 21, 24, 30, 33, 34, and 35.
Not everyone in Maine stands around next to lobster traps, wearing yellow rain slickers and saying, “Ayuh, ya cain’t get theah from heah.” That is to say, I think you are way over simplify the political landscape in Maine, especially in the metro areas.
Yeah, she makes a great show of considering all sides but then consistently votes conservative anyway. Imguess people are fooled and then disappointed when she doesn’t male more moderate decisions but she is part of a political mechanism that actively punishes moderation and bipartisanship, and no doubr many of these decisions are based on sustaining her political career. However, the Kavanaugh confirmation vote was a clear choice of political expediency or making the ethically and rationally correct decision to reject cloture until a more thorough investigation had been done, and to reject confirmation in absence of a complete investigation and in the face of having a confirmation ramrodded through despite Kavanaugh’s conflicts of interest and behavior in the committee hearing, the presumed credibility of Ford’s allegation notwithstanding.
Update.
Sara Gideon has thrown her hat in the ring, The Dems will be pouring money into the election and this article makes it seems like the Ds have a good chance for taking the seat.