That leaves room for 5 more dimoKKKRATS to vote for Gorsuch if they want. There will not be a total of 8 as that would give 60 votes.
I’ll be the contrarian and say they will get to 60. The Rats don’t want to face the nuclear option with the next Supreme Court opening.
Ginsberg could fall asleep permanently at any time.
You’ve nailed it, almost perfectly. Looking for our Montana doughboy Jon Tester to try to start looking conservative as he has always done just before an election. He’s being forced to start faking it early this time. This SCOTUS nomination is huge, but the Dems are really in a twist. In this case, I do think they’ll not risk falling to the nuclear option. I think it’s manufactured drama. They’ll give up at the 11th hour.
But. We won’t know until next week.
That’s what they do. “OK, we have 7 votes to give. Who needs it so they can try to get reelected in a Trump state? Show of hands? OK, I see Manchin and Heitkamp. What about you, Nelson? Debbie, you want to join them? Great? Who else wants to fool the dummies in their state? Lindsey, what are you doing in here? Get the hell out! Yes you can vote for Gorsuch.”