‘member when Coons used his bipartisan superpowers on the GOP and Brett Kavanaugh wasn’t put on Supreme Court, cuz some of Coons’ buddies saw the light of heavenly bipartisanship? Either do I.
The media, however, keeps the story of resplendent bipartisanship alive for another episode of “Moderate GOP Senators might really do it this time”. Prepare yourself for Coons giving lots of earnest interviews in which his “friendships” with his “trusted partners from other side of the aisle” are highlighted.
The media is dangling the possibility that a meaningful number of Republican senators might seriously go against Donald Trump and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, in this case to force a real impeachment trial. With the Senate at 53-47, it wouldn’t take many defections to give Democrats some procedural wins to, for instance, call witnesses, and CNN reports that this is “a concern to the White House and GOP leaders.” But we’ve been through this before, and with the one (admittedly important) exception of the Affordable Care Act repeal, it never seems to happen.
As with the vote for Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination and so many other times, there’s speculation about what Maine’s Susan Collins might do. She’s up for reelection in 2020 and Trump’s approval rating in Maine is low. But, again, we’ve been through this. It ends in disappointment.