“It’s not clear why Grassley, R-Iowa, caved again.”
It’s becoming clear to me because these are the only possible explanations.
(1) The squish Republicans in the Senate see this as an easy way to keep an originialist off the court and not get blamed. Delay Grassley long enough and they don’t have to vote.
(2) Senate Republicans who we would not ordinarily call squishes up for reelection have their finger in the wind and don’t know which way it’s blowing. It this goes on ‘til after the midterm, they don’t have to vote.
Kavanaugh will be confirmed.
What truly amazes me, is the democrats know this. They may think they are damaging Kavanaugh, and rendering his decisions forever flawed and tainted in SCOTUS, but what they are really doing is forever tainting him against the left and everything they stand for.
Keep it up libs! I love it when you help us!
Unless there is some rule that once the Senate takes up consideration of a Supreme Court nomination that it must be brought to a Senate judiciary committee or full Senate vote by a certain date (of which I have been unable to find evidence), I don't see why Kavanaugh could not be confirmed in October.