GOP nervous ahead of Kavanaugh vote: “We don’t have 50 right now

Axios ^ | 10/5/18 | Jonathan Swan

[SoFloFreeper]

...A senior source involved in the process told me fairly late last night:

"We’re going into this vote and we don’t have 50 right now." "There’s been a lot of work that was done today, by members wading through this material. I don’t want to put my thumb on..."

[JamesP81]

A good source told me Yertle absolutely went “apesh@t” on the Three Cuckateers in a closed meeting and flat out told them he would destroy their careers, even out of politics, if they voted no.

(Grumpy Cat) Good (/Grumpy Cat)

[ealgeone]

True. I sometimes forget Trump has changed the rules.

[null and void]

They’d better.

[gcparent]

I think Trump will need to call in the National Guard.

[JamesP81]

Manchin only votes yes if Cocaine Mitch has enough votes to win without him in the first place. Manchin is a hard no, but may play it to look like a yes to help his reelection.

Manchin is not a factor. This is about Collins, Flake, and Murk. Always was.

[LS]

We want the fake news media to think we don’t have the votes.

[JamesP81]

A good source told me Yertle absolutely went “apesh@t” on the Three Cuckateers in a closed meeting and flat out told them he would destroy their careers, even out of politics, if they voted no.

How confident are you about this information?

[Nifster]

It’s Axios. The source that pretends to be the NYT

I don’t care if Kavanaugh gets it on this pass. If he’s rejected then damn the torpedoes full speed ahead. Get out the vote

New rules. In the general VOTE. Vote antiD. Vote every time. If we don’t then all is lost. Don’t go wobbly

[dowcaet]

The current GOP is a joke to be sure, but they’re the only team we got so this is a time when the lesser of two evils is our only available choice. We can live for now with RINOs pissing in our tent over RATs pissing all over the American people! I understand the frustration. Have to be practical over principled at this time in our nation’s history!

[dfwgator]

Exactly. Don’t think of it as voting FOR Republicans, it’s about voting AGAINST Democrats.

Once the Democrats are out of the picture, then we can deal with the issues within the Republican Party, but not until then.

[Buckeye McFrog]

It is not a win win win for Judge Kavanaugh.

True, we owe he and his family a huge debt of gratitude for sticking through this. Most people would not have. IMO he will still get on the Court as with a bigger majority Trump is gonna come back and ram him down their pieholes.

[Red Badger]

AXIOS......................Propaganda machine.................

[null and void]

No, that is DUMB. You’re going to let Red State dems win over their Republican opponents because a could of socialist democrats disguised as Republicans stop this nomination?

They can be primaried, can't they? Surely there is a less liberal republican in their states. It only takes one.

[hal ogen]

We will soon have a definitive moment where we will see if the repubs are merely quisling/capon/castrato/nutured losers. If they are such..the Hell with them.

[Red Badger]

53-47.........Q...................

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Which ones? Murkawski and Collins are not up for re-election this year but 10 red state Dems are.

Looks as if I'm not as up on the details as I ought to be!

[Gulf War One]

A also said to trust Grassley and he got it done. Big time.

So I’m going with the forecasted 53 ayes.

[gibsonguy]

“We want the fake news media to think we don’t have the votes.”

Wishful thinking, what would that do for us? I think Graham knows something which would explain his 1 vote short remark. I think the most likely scenario is this: Flake is a no (of course) despite the FBI report he demanded. That leaves the rino sisters, they know only one of them has to vote no to kill it. They will decide which of them will be hurt least and take the hit. Probably Collins because Main is a 50/50 Stae at best. Murkowski will make sure PP knows about the deal she’s still good with them. Gloomy yes but that is how I see it.

[dowcaet]

I’m sorry but this isn’t the time to put principle ahead of practicality! I hate the fact we have unreliable RINOs, but we can’t let the RATS take over again. Their behavior during the Kavanaugh hearings should scare the hell out of every common sense thinking American!

[null and void]

I don’t think Trump has the legal authority to call out the National Guard. That’s the duty of state governors. In DC, dunno...