In Italian, “capito” means “I got it.”
The word derivation is as I posted for the verb.
The name Capito comes from the Latin word for ‘head,’ and it totally unrelated to the verb “capere.”
No crystal ball needed. We’ve all seen this made-for-tv movie before. If her vote is necessary to get to the 50+Pence, she’ll fall in line. They always do.
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And looping back, it is still a nice surname for one who both understands and leads- Hopefully now!
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It’s pretty clear that Capito is a hard NO.
Not all Republicans are stupid enough to vote against the best interests of their constituents.
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Hope you’re right. I can say I wouldn’t have believed that one month ago.
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She said she’ll vote no. Sometime pols do take their constituents’ needs into consideration. This seems to be one of them.
Nah, Manchin’s been a solid “hell no” on this from the beginning. (Even had a pretty good interview with the Pod Save America guys about the bill.) I imagine he’s actually been working on his WV colleague for a while now to firm up her opposition. He’s a pain in the rear to his fellow Dems in many ways, but not on this.
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You’re forgetting Nevada’s Heller; he came out against it “in its current form” but with enough unqualified criticisms of the specs that it’d be very hard to cave now. Especially since his popular GOP Gov. Sandoval strongly opposes it – and since he’s up for re-election in a state that went for Clinton.
Then there’s Cassidy, who coined “the Jimmy Kimmel test” and then promptly signaled his willingness to fail it, but is being confronted with it relentlessly (including by Kimmel). And Jeff Flake’s been suspiciously quiet throughout this process; he’s also up for reelection in an increasingly purple state.
It’s also noteworthy how few GOPers have come out explicitly in support of the bill – if it looks like it’s definitely going down (knock wood, please god, fingers crossed), I’m guessing we’ll suddenly see a flood of “no’s.” But after the House experience, and given McConnell’s track record, I’m holding my breath until this monster has a stake through its heart.
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Thank you! I did forget Heller. Heller is a perfect example of what I’m talking about. Republicans for whom supporting this bill seems idiotic. It screws their voters, their state budgets and their governor who is a member of their party. Even among GOP voters support for both this bill and the House bill is cratering.
I agree with everything you say about Jeff Flake, but I’ve never been comfortable in Flake’s or Mike Lee’s skepticism, because I just don’t believe them. Neither strikes me as someone who would be the one to stand in the way of McConnell getting his bill. But maybe I’m just too cynical. I had become convinced the House bill was dead, and then it passed.
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Oh, yeah, forget about Lee, unless it suddenly craters so badly that he can give one of his boilerplate “Constitutional conservative” perorations over the remains. And I suspect the same about Flake, who really is “conservative” (in today’s twisted parlance), but he’s clearly skittish and thinking 2018, so it’s still worth it for his constituents to keep pressing him. And oh, yes, we all thought the House bill was dead, which is why I’m waiting to see that stake through the Senate bill’s heart before I’ll exhale…
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Wish I could believe that.
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