Rachel Maddow last night on the imperative that Democrats not be the Doormat Caucus in the fight over the next Supreme Court justice:
Now, no matter the specific policy positions or the liberalness or the conservatism or the complicated home state politics of any particular Democratic senator, no Democratic senator has a reason to volunteer to be a doormat on the issue of the Supreme Court, right? Democrats as a unified block, every single one of them, they have no reason to go along with any meetings and hearings, any votes on the Supreme Court nominee before the election, right?...
Every Democratic senator in the country is about to hear from every single one of their Democratic constituents every day from now until the election until it’s clear that the Democrats will all be unified on that no Doormat Caucus point.TPM has a list of Democratic Senators who have either said there shouldn't be a vote before the elections, or who have not committed to that. You can let those who are equivocating (i.e., potential Doormats) that you expect them to stand up and fight the way Republicans fought to keep Merrick Garland off the court for a year, and will vote accordingly in the future. If you live in Maine or Alaska, you can always give Susan Collins or Lisa Murkowski a call since they purport to be pro- choice Republicans (good luck).
Here's the directory for the Senate. For those who have already made the call or written the letter, thanks. For the rest, get cracking.
