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[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

I'd have to pay to read it.

The gist is, focus on the GOP Senators who face a serious challenge this fall, and what they are saying (or not saying):

There are roughly half a dozen vulnerable Senate Republicans: Cory Gardner (R-CO), Martha McSally (R-AZ), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Susan Collins (R-ME), Joni Ernst (R-IA) and David Perdue (R-GA). ...

There are half a dozen Senators who have real races in November. Because impeachment and Trump divide their home state electorates they are trying to avoid the question in public, seek safety in numbers, so they can tell a story of their own choosing in November. Allowing them that unearned privilege is a terrible, terrible mistake. Conventional wisdom about what “Republicans” will do is vaguery that is a direct attack on individual accountability. All will likely fall in line behind Trump to hold a rigged trial. But we don’t know that. Locking them in now creates accountability and will yield dividends in November.