Sen. Dean Heller Is So Desperate To Keep His Seat That He Made Up A Justice Kennedy Retirement

[applegrove]

https://www.politicususa.com/2018/03/09/justice-kennedy-retirement-heller.html

By Jason Easley at politicus USA

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Dean Heller knows he’s the most vulnerable Republican senator in the country. But he thinks Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy might just help him hang on to his seat.

“Kennedy is going to retire around sometime early summer,” Heller predicted in Las Vegas last week, according to audio of an event he spoke at that was obtained by POLITICO. “Which I’m hoping will get our base a little motivated because right now they’re not very motivated. But I think a new Supreme Court justice will get them motivated.”

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This is desperation in its most pure form. Republicans have nothing else to run on. They also remember that the Supreme Court was a big motivator for getting out the Republican vote in 2016, so it is logical and more than a little sad that a sitting US Senator has to write fan fiction to give himself hope of a victory in November.

Dean Heller doesn’t know anything about a Justice Kennedy retirement. He is hoping Kennedy retires, but the facts suggest that Heller is both going to be disappointed and lose his seat in November.

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. That makes more sense now that it is being reported.

I jumped all over this to make the point that we should have acted in such a manner that put us in a position where we would not have to worry about the SC.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. And Sheldon Adelson and his Wife are

prepared to spend bucoo bucks on this Guy.

[poboy2]

3. 'fake news'? Everybody is doing it I guess. Its the latest rage on the right. -nt

[dragonlady]

4. The article goes on to say Justice Kennedy has hired four clerks for next term

That's not a guarantee he will serve out the term but makes it a much more likely bet. (By the way, Justice Ginsburg has hired her clerks for next term and the one after that.)

[Bleacher Creature]

5. THAT'S how the crazy rumor started???

Well, at least I now have one less thing to stress about today.