we re meeting with constituents. they were trying to do this quietly. it was still something we came into.om that tells me a little bit how she s preparing for this process. chris, she s got a little bit of political cover if she wanted to vote no. the governor of alaska said he opposed this pick.ka she s not up for reelection until 2022.le if her conscience tells her to vote no, she s got a lot of ll political cover. she heard very intimately from constituents that s what they el want to see her do. there s another curve ball. steve daines, a senator from montana, won t be around for saturday s vote. he will be indeed walking his daughter down the aisle on her wedding day. what does that do to the whip count? this is the classic human drama of the senate.is if the vote goes on saturday afternoon and steve daines isn t here republicans have to keep sn all three of those republicans on board and then have mike pence break the tie, assuming, again, that joe manchin votes with the res