Good to see conservatives fight back (Ford v Kavanaugh)

[Doc]

The democrats needed nothing to energize there base. They are already energized due to Trump. This will make little difference in adding to that. However the right and middle likely did get a push, and a big one, from this. The process and tactics used really inflammed a lot of people.

[ukpumacat]

Yes and no. Will help energize the base for the Dems, but they did just seat a Justice, and that's a win for them.

GOP should probably hold the Senate, may even gain a seat, but that's not guaranteed. House will be in question, going to depend on turnout.

But the Dems helped the GOP base turn out as well with the 11th hour opposition tactics, based on the poll numbers. If they still turn out even though Kavanaugh got seated it could end up being a political wash.

But you can't not seat a Justice even for sake of midterm elections. Kennedy went ahead and retired b/c there was a good chance the GOP would lose in the midterms, as the party out of the Presidency does almost always.

So the GOP gets a shift in the court, albeit not a huge one, at a time when they really probably won't lose any more than they might have lost anyway. It wasn't an unreasonable move.

If there was a mistake, it was not nominating a woman simply to have a candidate who is much harder to smear and attack. IMO if anything should be second guessed, that's where the mistake happened. Kavanaugh is a good candidate, with a good record, and funny enough is somewhat less conservative than the female options.

They would have gotten a more conservative Justice with probably less political blowback with a woman nominee.

Ya, I agree Chuck.

[kingcat]

The SNL skit was fabulous. The McConnell dude looked just like him..which is quite an accomplishment. Dems didnt escape the joking around either. The Chuck Schumer guy was spot on.