ATTN: Heitkamp, Donnelly and Manchin...
Choose wisely, kids.
For them, it is a lose-lose scenario. If they vote yes, their own voters may abandon them. If they vote no, they motivate the Republicans to come out in droves against them. Either way, they lose - and I think the Republicans after this Kavanaugh stunt are more motivated than every before to come out in droves anyway...
Add King (Ind Me.)..this vote could cost him more then he realizes...
Heidi already announced NO right after the ford hearings were done.. so did Donnelly, but he walked it back 2 days later... did Heidi walk her no back too?
Manchin was always a yes, and of the three he is the only one who didn’t say publicly what he was going to do.
Heidi has lost 8+ points since the ford hearing ended.
Manchin was IMHO the most likely red state D to survive, but I don’t think he was going to even before Kavanaugh fiasco. But if he votes no, he knows he’s done.
So he won’t announce yes, because he can’t he the 50th vote. No democrat can be... so once it’s clear the republicans have 50 votes Manchin will vote yes as will a few other Dems.
Kavanaugh confirmed with 52-55 votes.