DL Open Thread Tuesday March 1st 2022
Nobody wants Putin's murderous insanity rewarded, but can we "support" the people of Ukraine without sounding so much like they are an underdog football team playing well in the first…
CBS/Gayle King: Some Republicans are calling her (Ketanji Brown Jackson) too radical. Yes or no, do you expect bipartisan support on this? Coons: I would certainly hope so. She got three Republican votes when confirmed for the DC circuit.This is absurd. The over/under is one Republican vote, and I'm taking the under.
Though Russian forces have apparently crossed the Ukrainian border, both the White House and Zelensky at first appeared wary of formally declaring it an “invasion,” a distinction that would trigger the severe — and, for much of Europe, economically costly — sanctions that Biden has threatened. That led to attacks from Republicans, who have painted Biden as weak on Russia, and to calls from even some Democrats to immediately begin imposing “significant costs on President Putin and the Kremlin,” as Senator Chris Coons said Monday.