Grassley still has a few squishy Republicans to convince.
Unfortunately, I think you’re right.
Grassley still has a few squishy Republicans to convince.
Also, I look for another etension past the Sunday morning political talk shows. I see one more extension.
Exactly. Flake is on the committee and the Reps can only afford to lose one vote from the 51 in the Senate. Grassley has to herd these cats across the finish line. This should be the last red line or the Reps are finished. Kavanaugh must be confirmed this week.
“Grassley still has a few squishy Republicans to convince.”
This. I do not see why it is so hard for some on this board to understand this. There are a few too many “Flakes” in the Republican Party.
Yup. Most of the Republican Senators are itching to vote and get it done. There are two or three who want to be seen as extending every possible concession to Ford. At this point, I think that they anticipate voting to confirm Kavanaugh, but they will insist on taking every delaying tactic at face value until the last possible moment. To reduce it to a formula: how many obvious Democrat abuses does Susan Collins need to be able to recite to feel comfortable facing down protestors at a townhall meeting in Bangor? This is hard because Susan Collins never feels comfortable about any controversial issue.
That’s what I was wondering, there’s no point forcing the vote if you don’t have the numbers. He can pretend like he’s doing it to give her time, well behind the scenes they are securing the nomination. At least I hope that’s what they are doing