There’s a Reason Mitch McConnell Wanted An Opaque Process
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There are some political issues (gun control being one example) on which the minority is much more intense and omitted than the majority. TrumpCare is the opposite: the majority was also much more committed. On one hand:
Murkowski told me that at every Alaska airport she went to over the weekend, people came up to her thanking her for her vote, some in tears.
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) August 1, 2017
On the other hand:
WOW – @DeanHeller's approval is at 22% after his health care fiasco!
constituents hate being lied to and sold out.https://t.co/bCh0qJRgCe pic.twitter.com/I0Kbx1aY3M
— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) August 1, 2017
The Nevada electorate v. Dean Heller in 2018, a metaphorical demonstration:
I will have a piece about this coming out shortly, but I don’t buy the narrative that the vote on HCFA shows that McConnell is an inept tactician. I’m amazed that he got 49 votes for this skunk.