Let’s face it. The next SCOTUS nomination is going to be
HORRIBLE
HORRIBLE
HORRIBLE!
That will be true regardless of what happens to Judge K in this case. That is virtually assured since the GOP caved on the Biden Principle and brought the FBI back in to investigate. All future nominees will now face endless rounds of delays as the FBI investigates last-minute spurious charges.
On the other hand look at the upsides of a vote. If it’s yea we get a solid Conservative on the court. One with the added benefit of having a case of red arse about the Left that is likely to linger for decades.
If it’s a no Collins and Murkowski have ended their careers. Two vexsome RINOS GONE! Manchin, Heitkamp and who knows how many other Red State Democrats GONE as they self-immolate by casting no votes.
If Kavanaugh is confirmed and Red Staters like Manchin choose to vote yea it will touch off an even more bitter civil war within the Democrat Party.
All of which leads to a bigger Conservative Senate where Trump can nominate anyone he chooses. Even Kavanaugh for a second time.
I don’t see any real downside for us here.
Trump’s got this. He’s a no-holds-barred fighter who despises losing. Not to sound sacreligious, but if he nominated Jesus, the dems would make the confirmation ugly. That’s just the way it is. It’s gone full tribal, and guess what, the tribal stuff looks worse on the minority party than it does on the majority party. People have an innate sense of “tough, you lost the senate, get ‘em next time if you don’t like the election results”. Over time, independent people will tire of this full-court press crap. And you know it’s firing up us republicans.
Next SCOTUS nomination will NOT be horrible horrible horrible if we have 60 Rs in the Senate.
Let’s work towards that.
I like your analysis and hope you are right on upside but the downside is we can’t let them win this if we care about the truth and cuz this playbook will be refined even more, not just guilty until proven innocent but just guilty cuz we say so-we are practically there now. Trump pulled election win off but the big challenge is winning elections , e.g. downside: the dems win the house and pick up senate seats, I think we will hold the senate not sure on the house cuz the dems have huge blocks; voters that mindlessly vote the dem tix. Its all about feelings and not logic. Ethnic groups e.g African American women vote 98% dem, other single left leaning women leaves us in many states challenged. e.g Maine, Collins is in a state that only has 36% Republicans. that why she votes the way she does, Think about it, with African Americans making up 13% of the population and voting 90% + for dems it is like starting a race down 10 points etc. Trump showed it can be done but Leftists are well funded and have the culture, colleges, main stream media, and are well funded. (Soros) with Ethnic groups, single left leaning women leave little in many states, etc. so lets win this one while we still can. and yes I hope u are right but work hard and vote!