Not sure if you were replying to me. I actually think that his resignation was the right move. I actually suspect that he did so to head off other behavior from coming to light. The other commenter posed the question “why not wait for the ethics investigation?” and suggested that the Dems wanted him out.

How exactly was he “forced out”? And if it is possible for other Senators to “force” another Senator out, maybe they should do that with McConnell.

Well, speaking as someone who stands to gain from lower taxes, if my bodily autonomy isn’t protected by the Democrats, then I have no reason not to vote Republican.

And as an associate at Davis Polk, her “representation” probably consisted of researching obscure legal issues and writing briefs that no one ever read.

Pure speculation on my part, I’ll admit. But I will speculate further and say that it may be that the possibility of more serious allegations didn’t come to light until after he called for the investigation. Or maybe the Dems saw the writing on the wall and knew that he wouldn’t get a fair shake in a Republican…

“...absolutely no harm would have come from doing a full investigation on his behavior...”

Thank you for saying this. I am also a lawyer, and one of my husband’s friends and band-mates is a leftie liberal who is also a partner in a large firm. He has represented clients whose positions he personally abhors. It is his JOB. And in a court of law, or in a transaction, as soon as it is OK for any party to be…

Happy holidays to all who celebrate. My job may be ending in a couple of months, which really sucks because my boss has been a real mentor and has not only taught me how to practice law, but got me to the point where I actually enjoy it and feel like I am good at it. I practiced in another state some years ago, and…

I hear ya.

Yup. And it showed everyone that compromise on this issue is neither desirable nor necessary.

They value pregnancy and childbirth as a means of controlling women. They don’t give a fig about children. Or even birth itself. If they did, they would be at the forefront of things like ensuring quality prenatal care and safe childbirth initiatives. They aren’t.

100% THIS. This is why I feel that Bernie Sanders and the DCCC betrayed women by expressing a willingness to throw reproductive freedom under the bus in exchange for a few votes. It’s wrong, and it won’t work.

Well, if you are a woman, and the unwelcome intruder is a male relative (as a blastocyst MIGHT be), you don’t have the right to defend your “home”. See the Marissa Alexander case.

Well, if you are a woman, andthe unwelcome intruder is a male relative (as a blastocyst MIGHT be), you don’t have the right to defend your “home”. See the Marissa Alexander case.

They don’t, but they are willing to put their differences aside to advocate on behalf of the continued oppression of women.

Fair point. But as a woman, I am sick of my rights being used as a bargaining chip, such as was the case with the DCCC. If we can’t trust our own “allies” not to throw us under the bus, why then should we fight for the rights of those who won’t fight for us?

Absolutely. And white women are a glaring, but not the only, example of this. Case in point: the misogyny of many men in the gay community.

“Her response was that there was no way in hell Trump could win, it was impossible, it would never ever evereverever happen, Hillary was *guaranteed* to be our next president, therefore she saw no reason to refrain from screaming from rooftops that Hillary was a monster who didn’t deserve our votes.”

She is financially supporting grass-roots movements (RunForSomething, Emerge America, and Color of Change to name a few) through her Onward Together organization. She is using her public platform to encourage people from marginalized populations to run for office, especially women, and to inform people about these…

So you think it is a bad idea that she wrote a book and talked about some of the things that went on during an unprecedented campaign (including mistakes that she made, and fully owns up to in the book)?