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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf the Republicans are digging in on on this, they must be petrified of losing the Senate
For whatever reason, they want THIS guy and know he won't be an option after the election.
Trump will not pull his name. He cannot suffer this kind of loss, it will drive him insane.
I see this stubborn attitude as a sign they know power is slipping from the grasp.
Xipe Totec
(43,872 posts)The investigations into his past will continue after the Democrats take power after the elections.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,276 posts)The longer he hangs in there the more dirt will come out and his life is going to suck no matter whether he gets confirmed or not. He was appointed in the first place only because Trump wants someone who thinks presidents can't be investigated, subpoenaed or indicted while in office. Even though he deserves the shit he's getting, why should Kavanaugh have to deal with it (and put his family through it) just to protect Trump? If it was me I'd bail out and let Trump and the GOP find somebody else.
dalton99a
(81,065 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,276 posts)who can save his ass from Bob Mueller. How much shit does he want to endure for Trump's sake?
appalachiablue
(41,052 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,872 posts)Keep upping the ante and hope to god you scare the table into folding.
dalton99a
(81,065 posts)Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)Can you imagine the humiliation she is enduring right now ? Her friends are not taking her calls, her family is saying "We TOLD you not to marry that jerk," and her daughters are looking at her with tears in their eyes.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,276 posts)Fuck standing by your man for that shit.
spooky3
(34,302 posts)attorney I could afford. And I would be wracking my brain trying to figure out how I could have ignored all the signals I surely was given.
TheBlackAdder
(28,073 posts).
A nice 2-year pendente lite should put him in sufficient debt before the FJOD gets resolved, with alimony, child support, asset division and custody.
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libdem4life
(13,877 posts)SammyWinstonJack
(44,129 posts)Lotusflower70
(3,077 posts)Maybe she's a puppet just like Melania. The kind of woman he would marry would be like those GOP women on the panel defending him. She would be a mindless zombie.
LandOfHopeAndDreams
(872 posts)They're in it for themselves as much as their husbands. Why is Melania still with Drumpf? People keep saying she's had enough, yet there she is, right by his side. Roy Moore's wife did not leave him. Repub wives stand by their men.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)His debt got wiped after all.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,032 posts)According to this:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211170155
Kavanaugh is a get out of jail card for the whole criminal GOP.
Freethinker65
(9,930 posts)They got greedy after successfully denying Merrick Garland with little pushback and giving his seat to Gorsuch.
I still want to know the real reason behind Kennedy's resignation/retirement from the court. The timing was very suspicious.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)That it somehow related to his son ?
regnaD kciN
(26,035 posts)..and that it's Trump who is insisting on him, due to Rapey Brett's track record on "unitary executive" claims in the Dubya administration.
The fact is, there are plenty of judges who would overturn Roe, end same sex marriage, and favor corporations over workers and the environment
but Kavanaugh's the only one he's confident about ruling special prosecutors to be unconstitutional and even backing the president's right to issue himself a binding pardon.
MaryMagdaline
(6,849 posts)spooky3
(34,302 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,276 posts)don't favor. This gives me some hope that even if he does get confirmed, the rest of the court won't be in such a big hurry to save Trump's ass from Mueller's investigation. At least I don't see Roberts or Alito going that way (Thomas might). Of course, Roe v. Wade would still be toast.
unblock
(51,974 posts)The whole concept of searching for the best doesn't occur to them, even if they have a different interpretation of "best".
He ticked all the boxes Donnie wanted, why continue the search? "You wanna tell Donnie we need to find someone easier to get confirmed?" "F*ck that, we control the senate! They'll never vote down our guy!"
honest.abe
(8,556 posts)C_U_L8R
(44,891 posts)A shit-ton of them will go to prison after this Trump nonsense is exiled and exorcised
RockRaven
(14,782 posts)And since Dems are mathematically unable to stop it so long as Repukes are united, they ought not only try to peel a few Repukes away but regardless of that success or failure also make sure ALL of the Repukes pay the price for this.
If they're gonna confirm him anyway, make sure they have to do it in such a circumstance that it tips the balance of the Senate away from them.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)Now they are going to lose the Senate.
That Blue wave is about to become a Blue Tsunami.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)spooky3
(34,302 posts)Some of which are in Trumpsterlands.
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)However, current momentum improves chances of retaining those seats, and we might pick up some elsewhere (AZ, NV, TN)
spooky3
(34,302 posts)amount of change needed to come close to flipping the Senate this year. The latest crisis involving the SC is not going to change the minds of a lot of people, including the people who just don't care about politics.
BannonsLiver
(16,161 posts)I will take 1 in 3 all day long and twice on Sundays.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Response to Laura PourMeADrink (Reply #21)
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Recursion
(56,582 posts)The argument is that if the Court was the one reason the Christian Right voted for them, and they don't manage to pack it, the Christian Right will give up and stay home. Honestly I think they may be right about that.
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)If the only thing that really makes Kavanaugh special is his view that a president can't be indicted, why would evangelicals really care all that much as long as they get an anti-choice nutjob on the court?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,276 posts)But Trump wants someone who'll help protect his ugly orange ass from Mueller, and he's the one who gets to pick. Fortunately most other judges, even the conservative ones, don't have such an extreme view of executive immunity, so I'm hopeful that a majority of the supreme court, even with Kavanaugh on it, wouldn't decide that way.
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)I can't imagine they really care if it ends up being Barrett and not Kavanaugh.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)The Senate is left with the fact that they can only confirm a nominee Trump sends them, and Trump's only agenda is Trump.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)allowed to chat with the men in a group...let alone be on the SC. Know this attitude hurt Hillary too.
unc70
(6,095 posts)She is on record as ready to overturn R v W. None of the cutesy word games of Kavanaugh designed to give Collins an excuse. Barrett probably can't be confirmed.
roamer65
(36,739 posts)This is gonna get good. The House and Senate will now both flip. The corruption of the GOP is now on full display for all to see.
Get em Mr Avenatti...get em.
JustAnotherGen
(31,681 posts)51 Democrats this November.
I think we have a shot.
I have no doubts about the house - but the Senate . . .51.