Heitkamp Voting "No" on Kavanaugh

[liberalnarb]

Source: CNBC

Red state Senator Heidi Heitkamp says she will be voting no on Brett Kavanaugh.

Read more: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/10/04/sen-heidi-heitkamp-says-she-will-vote-no-on-kavanaugh.html

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[louis c]

1. Good for Her

This vote will energize her base. She may still lose in the end, but she will maximize her possible votes, which is her only chance. If she voted "yes", she would have fractured her base and received no base Trump votes, anyway.

Good choice.

[lagomorph777]

6. She did the right thing, and (eventually) will be rewarded for it.

Even if she loses this race (apparently inevitable anyway), she did the only thing possible, to have a career in the future.

[JHan]

2. It's tragic that the right move might cost her electorally.

This is the crazy world we live in.

[liberalnarb]

4. Actually, I heard speculation that a yes vote would almost certainly solidify her loss.

[lagomorph777]

7. I agree. Deplorables will never vote for her. At least she will get out her base.

Independents will respect her for behaving like a decent person.

[question everything]

12. And what if she loses anyway?

At least she will lose with her head held high.

I think that several voted against the ACA and still lost.

[Calista241]

14. yeah, the few progressives in ND would almost certainly not show up for her if she did

and she needs every single one of them she can get. She's never going to out conservative her Republican opponent.

[madville]

30. She's currently an average of 10 points behind in polling

That Senate seat was a already a lose anyway. McCaskill's seat is trending towards her Republican opponent in Missouri now and Donnelly's is almost even in Indiana. It's crazy to think the Republicans may actually come through this picking up a couple of Senate seats. Several articles today about how all this seems to be energizing the Republican base.

[totodeinhere]

3. I respect her political courage.

I don't agree with her on everything but she is showing great political courage. The politically expedient thing would have been to vote yes. Good for her.

[appalachiablue]

11. Agree, and she def deserves credit for the decision.

[malchickiwick]

5. Great...we get a drunken rapist on the bench, AND we lose a Senate seat, all in one fell

Swoop.

God I hate this. I am so depressed.

[asiliveandbreathe]

8. True - Heitkamp is taking a stand - she is not looking good in her race..

But Kyrsten Sinema in AZ is looking good against mcsalley....I understand the 1 for 1, the senate is a long shot..but the house is still in play...

[SunSeeker]

13. This could be what brings more Dems in her state to come out and vote for her. nt

[question everything]

9. One hopes that not a single female senator votes for him

There has to be a message, especially after Whiny Donny's "performance."

[totodeinhere]

17. That's a great hope but I'm afraid that Colllins will be a yes.

Not sure about Murkowski yet.

[riversedge]

24. I have not trusted collins to do the right thing from day ONE. Had a bit of

hope for one day but it fell flat soon after.

[totodeinhere]

32. Yup, she made it official.

She is as bad as the rest of them only she goes around in sheep's clothing.

[SunSeeker]

10. Good. nt

[INdemo]

15. I watched MSNBC as Katie Tur

interviewed Heidi Heitkamp's brother in a phone interview and was asked about the polls.
He said as they traveled across the state and the reception didn't represent the polls and didn't believe she was that far behind.

Katie would not allow him to get away and kept asking him well what about this and that..she in a way and in her way tried to condemn Heidi for he NO vote

[BigmanPigman]

16. I listened and felt positive afterwards.

He said that the polls don't show the real people in his state. He said that they will remember Kavanaugh for a week. What he sees is that the farmers are pissed off over the sanctions/trade war and the preexisting conditions with the ACA. I hope he is right.

[INdemo]

18. Yep

[mahatmakanejeeves]

19. Heitkamp: My statement on U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh:

My statement on U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh:

Link to tweet

That's her official site. She can't use it for campaign activities. For those, she has a personal site:

Heidi Heitkamp

@HeidiHeitkamp

US Senate candidate, ND
U.S. Senator fighting for all North Dakotans. Former ND Attorney General. Wife, mother & sister. Breast cancer survivor, redhead & Pilates enthusiast. #HH4ND

North Dakota
heidifornorthdakota.com/volunteer/
View broadcasts
Joined January 2012

If you click on heidifornorthdakota.com/volunteer/, you end up here:

https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/hh4nd?refcode=home

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

20. Good for her

[JaneQPublic]

21. Follow one principled act with another

Chip in a few bucks to her campaign.

It would be cool if there was a surge of campaign dollars resulting from her stance.

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/heidi-heitkamp-1

[riversedge]

23. She deseves a few dollars --as a fellow Midwest gal. Thanks for link.

[riversedge]

22. Here is her statement she tweeted out. I did not know she had been an Attorney General

of ND. Several comments about women included.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[ancianita]

25. She's catching hell on her FB page, mostly from out-of-state posters. "Like" her and take a look.

[OKNancy]

26. So many people on twitter are announcing

they are donating to her.

[Gothmog]

27. Look at these numbers from Actblue

Link to tweet

[SunSeeker]

31. She's stirring up Dem enthusiasm -- and money!

[Snellius]

28. Trials like these really separate the cowards from the heroes.

She did a brave thing.

[Midnight Writer]

29. Profile in courage.