Funny how politics works these days... Democratic senator Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota went against her own voters' sentiment, which supported Judge Brett Kavanaugh for Supreme Court by about 60%; voted against the man in a bid to sink his confirmation; and suddenly found herself with a flood of campaign cash, courtesy of Sen. Kamala Harris, who raised her a $400,000 payday. Here's the news from NBC's Kasie Hunt, which was first spotted by Mike Allen at Axios: .@KamalaHarris sent a fundraising email for @SenatorHeitkamp praising her no vote on Kavanaugh. It raised over $400,000 in 24 hours, source tells me pic.twitter.com/FfYzcixRvF — Kasie Hunt (@kasie) October 6, 2018 Was that cash why she changed her vote from sympathetic to Kavanaugh to a "no"?  One wonders if these were the arrangements made, because it sure was weird that she changed her vote, given that she was from a red state and likely to lose her seat,...(Read Full Post)