Technically, they did. They prevented Daines from voting.
As it stands, Democrats can always say that Kavanaugh failed to get a majority of Senators, even though we know he had at least 51 votes for him.
Also, if this vote happened two weeks ago, would Murkowski still have been a no?
Also, might Donnelly, Klobucher, and McCaskill have been willing to roll the dice two weeks ago when the polling was murkier? By the time they did vote (and after the disgusting Democrats' antics), that die was cast.
I think that Kavanaugh had a credible chance of getting 53 votes if the voting happened 2 weeks ago.
-PJ
Possibly. We did get him through, so despite my previous comments, it did turn out decently.
Yes, they caused the vote to be delayed until it was his daughter’s wedding day, but technically, he didn’t change his vote.
As others pointed out to me, he could have flown in too.
We agree on all this, I’m sure.