I’M NOT CONVINCED that Maine Sen. Susan Collins will vote against confirmation of President Trump’s nomination to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg. 

Yes, I read her position statement against a vote prior to the election, but I recall her thoughtful consideration of Justice Kavanaugh during his confirmation process when she was thought to be a “no” vote.

Polls show that her vote in support of Kavanaugh hurt her standing with Independent and women voters, and she’s in a tight reelection bid.  I know it sounds impossible, but I believe Collins will see the importance of her vote and risk losing her Senate seat.

Shame on Maine’s voters if they are willing to cast her aside on November 3, 2020, after ably serving her state for 23 years.

On the other hand, Senators Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney come from different points of view without the stature of Collins.  The flaky Murkowski just seems to enjoy being in the spotlight when a critical vote is needed, and Romney still has a thing, a fixation against President Trump.  A RINO, he sees himself as another McCain.

Look for the media to again bring West Virginia’s Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin into the picture as a possible “aye” vote for the nomination.  He talks a good game, but the GOP cannot count on his crossover vote.

NEWT GINGRICH, writing @newtgingrich: “If President Trump nominates Amy Coney Barrett, Notre Dame law professor, Appeals Court judge, mother of 7 (2 adopted from Haiti), clerks for Scalia, and devout Catholic, it will pose a unique challenge for Kamala Harris, the most anti-Catholic bigot nominated (vice president) in over a century.”

THE LAST TIME Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein interviewed Barrett during her hearing for the Appeals Court, she insultingly said, “The dogma lives loudly in you,” as she questioned Barrett’s faith.  A litmus test for the high court?

SOME OF THE SAME WOMEN, who are posting such touching tributes to Ruth Bader Ginsburg for leading the way for women to serve on the Supreme Court, will soon be trashing, degrading, spitting all over the women President Trump nominates for trying to serve on the Court, according to Mark Simone.

THE LEFTIST ARIZONA REPUBLIC doubled down against Sen. Martha McSally in Monday’s edition. Two headlines on the same page were obvious attacks against McSally, who is in a tight race against challenger Mark Kelly.

“McSally quiet on climate issues,” reads one headline, while the paper noted “Kelly has addressed fossil fuels in campaign,” in the subhead.

The paper’s leftist columnist, Laurie Roberts, who seems to enjoy attacking McSally, was critical of the senator’s decision to support the filling of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s position on the high court.

Under the headline, “McSally’s political death spiral continues with call for a quick vote,” Roberts is again critical of McSally’s support of Trump, saying this was “McSally’s final chance to show swing voters that she can stand apart from President Donald Trump.” Why should she? He’s the party leader.

IRONICALLY, on the Republic’s opinion page, Deborah Hendrix of Mesa, Arizona, writes of McSally’s commitment to fighting for Arizona residents under her letters headline: “Conservative women like McSally don’t get a fair shake in media.”

IT’S NO SURPRISE when we learn of a college professor with a dislike for President Trump.  The radical blood runs deep among college and university faculty.

However, as I have reported here before, the hatred extends to those who support the president.

“You can’t argue with them, you can’t talk sense to them,” said Jennifer Mosher, a biology professor at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, I said to somebody yesterday, I hope they all die before the election.  That’s the only saving hope I have right now.  Definitely bootlickers.”

Mosher has been placed on administrative leave after appearing to suggest that she hoped Trump supporters contract coronavirus and die in a clip that surfaced on social media.

Of course, the university stated that it “does not support or condone the use of its educational platforms to belittle people or wish harm on those who have differing political views,” according to Campus Reform.

THE CONFOUNDING ISSUE OF CLIMATE CHANGE – “Belief that government needs to do more to combat climate change jumped significantly” since 2017, according to an op-ed in the Arizona Republic. “This year, 51 percent are calling for more federal action.  Voters want more from state government, too,” up to 45 percent this year

The op-ed advocates for an informed and engaged public, calling for focused conversations about their environmental priorities in the halls of the state capitol, county commissions and corporate offices.

More talking, because we mere mortals cannot realistically do anything to change the forces of nature.  Our climate has changed over and over, even before the combustion engine and fossil fuels came on the scene. There is no “magic bullet” to alter climate change.

May God continue to bless the United States of America.