Got a chance to watch the Susan Collins speech from yesterday. I had never heard of her outside of watching senate race votes when it's election time and yesterday when they brought her up in this process. Her open-mindedness and approach through this process should be model for how every single one of our elected representatives approaches things in the future. Her speech to me proved that although she is a Republican senator she is very much in the middle, will gather all of the information that is provided and make an informed decision. This is something that is severely lacking on both sides of the aisle and it was very refreshing to hear that there actually are some on the Hill who are willing put their party lines aside, investigate and make an informed decision.
I would pay good money to hear a debate with her and someone on the other side about the alleged positions that BK will take on Roe vs. Wade, abortion and other high profile decisions. The debate should only include evidence from his decisions and writings while he has been on the bench. Hearing the perspectives from both sides I believe would be very enlightening and it would arm the public with the ability to make an informed decision.
Also I saw that the Women's March came out with a pretty hasty comment about Senator Collins right after her speech. I wanted to reserve how I felt about it until I got to see the speech myself. Now that I have heard the speech I am not just skeptical but 100% certain that the Women's March Organization is nothing but a racist hate group. There are some friends of the family that have participated in some of their events, I love them personally and I am hoping that they don't truly understand what they are supporting when they participate.