Post by Bruce ScottPost by Jesus PetryI generally root for the most moderate guy.
That's how we Oregon republicans used to do it, way back when. For me,
before Reagan.
Post by Jesus PetryI suspect the rushing of the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the
Supreme Court helped Trump to lose. If the balance of the Court were
on the balance, I guess more Republicans would have the incentive to
put up with the orange guy.
She was put there in the first place to (1) ditch Obamacare and
This is far from a given though. It has been through a few challenges
already, no ? With conservative judges (at least Roberts) upholding it.
The current challenge is about the "mandate" part, I gather, which is
moot point since the republicans set the fine for not getting insurance
at Zero dollars.
(2) be
Post by Bruce Scottready to support Trump in a legal takeover should he lose.
Again, I am reasonably optimistic that this will not happen, since USans
do mostly have a sense of fair play, and several republicans have spoken
out against this. They also have to tread delicately with two run-off
elections to come in January in Georgia.
If Biden were smart he might appoint Collins or Romney to his cabinet,
setting up some special elections fairly soon. The Maine one should be
winnable without Collins there.
Post by Bruce ScottIt should be pretty obvious that the Trump appointees should recuse(*)
themselves from the case due to conflict of interest, but I also think
that lot is far too shameless for such a thing.
(*) "recuse" is a legal term for someone (judge, etc) to stay out of a
decision due to present or prior relationship to one of the parties.
There's plenty detail on it on the en.wikipedia page!