Matt Green, professor, politics, was quoted in a National Catholic Register story about partisanship in the senate as it relates to the nomination of a new Supreme Court justice.
... However, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, would still like to poach a few votes from the Democratic side of the aisle if he can, said Matt Green, a political science professor from The Catholic University of America.
“From the perspective of the Republican leadership in the Senate, more votes is always better than fewer, just to give yourself a bit of a safe margin,” Green told the Register, adding that there would also be a political advantage for Republicans if a few Democrats cross the aisle. ...
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