To the contrary, I think the red-state Dems have a very simple way to deal with this vote. If the republicans muster 50 votes for the SCOTUS nominee, then they vote for him/her. and ride the wave as a “moderate” If 2 or more R’s vote against and they can’t get to 50, the red-state Dem votes against and can blame the republicans for not being able to get to 50.
Sad, but simple.
Our Senators will vote no. One, Shaheen the Abortion Queen is a guaranteed no vote and she is running for re-election, but the illegal alien Massholes will vote for her. The junior, Magdulah Hassan just justified not firing her intern who yelled an f-bomb at our President, because our President is a great, big meanie.
But if they vote to confirm, even with 50 gop votes, they need to worry about their demoralized dem base voters turning out. Rock and hard place.