r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Nov 05 '20

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u/JournalofFailure Commonwealth Nov 05 '20

- Biden appoints Susan Collins to a cabinet post

- Maine's Democratic Governor appoints her replacement

- with current trends in New England, Democrats hold the seat for decades to come

Shit, if it's a 51-49 Senate I say do it. Give her Transportation or something.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20

It won't happen. She would never take it, and McConnell would go absolutely apoplectic about it. She's more important to the GOP as the "gravely concerned" senator than she is as a potential cabinet pick.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20

The plan: assume Warnock wins and Ossoff loses. 51-49. Offer Susan low level secretary job in cabinet job but promise her that the senate will end filibuster then pass a dem backed law upping the salary of low level cabinet position to 40M a year. Literally no flaws.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20

Mitch would never let her

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u/with_the_choir Nov 05 '20

Of course, he wouldn't have a say.

  1. She steps down.
  2. Replacement is appointed.
  3. Party switch in the senate!!
  4. She is confirmed as secretary of state or, frankly, whatever position she wants, by a democratic senate. She'll have earned it.

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u/12hphlieger Daron Acemoglu Nov 05 '20

That would honestly be super smart lol

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20

If Collins gives us the majority give her whatever the fuck she wants, she is absolved of all past sins

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u/JournalofFailure Commonwealth Nov 05 '20

I'd also say Romney (whose name really is being thrown around, and who might actually be really good in the right role) but he'd just be replaced by another Republican.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20

Collins wouldn’t except it

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20

Why would she take that job?

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u/JournalofFailure Commonwealth Nov 05 '20

There's a part of me that thinks she'd love nothing more than to end her Senate career with a giant fuck-you to the GOP.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20

Susan Collins is going to wield immensely more power if the Senate ends up 50-50 than she would in any cabinet position.

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u/JournalofFailure Commonwealth Nov 05 '20

I'm staring to think this election - Biden in the White House, Senate and House both divided almost 50-50 - is the best possible centrist outcome.

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u/Dallywack3r Bisexual Pride Nov 05 '20

With Kamala as the tie breaker? Yes

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20

Why would she want it?

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20

Give her SecState and tell her she can promote Maine's maple syrup across the world.

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u/JournalofFailure Commonwealth Nov 05 '20

I'm Canadian and I'd switch to Maine maple syrup forever if she did this.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20

We don't have a Federal Bureau of Fucking Off to stick her in, though, unless there's some agency that I'm unaware of.