President Donald Trump has refrained from personally calling and pressuring senators on their vote for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, leaving the behind-the-scenes machinations to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) — to the intense relief of the Republicans.
According to a Tuesday Politico report, in this regard, the Kavanaugh confirmation process mirrors that of Supreme Court justice Neil Gorsuch, when Republicans managed to keep the mercurial President away from the delicate negotiations that go on behind closed doors during big votes.
The time that the President reportedly involved himself most was one of his most humiliating defeats: the downfall of the Obamacare repeal.
As for McConnell, who consider his efforts at different levels of the judiciary to be his proudest accomplishment, he is projecting confidence about the confirmation, telling reporters that he believes he has the votes to get Kavanaugh on the bench.
However, not all of the process will be in McConnell’s able hands. On Thursday, Kavanaugh and one of his accusers, professor Christine Blasey Ford, will take the floor to publicly testify about their experiences. At that point, McConnell will be in the same boat as Trump — watching and waiting.
Mitch’s castigating of the democrats for their outrageous behavior - came off as nothing shy of absurdist performance art.
Kavanaugh going down to defeat is important for the country. A partisan political operative (who lies in his confirmation hearings) has no business on the Supreme Court.
His nomination needs to be defeated. Plus tthe side benefit of handing a big defeat to McConnell would be a great comeuppance for his treatment of Judge Garland. Added benefit: watching as McConnell gets the Trump Tirades(s) treatment for his failure - That would be icing on the cake.
Requires a real vile douchebag to push it through. Trump doesn’t have the drive or smarts, wondering when the next Tee time is
Just another thing that highlights how un-qualified tRump really is. The president who nominated the justice cannot talk to the senators about him.
Who’s idea was it to hire one of Sheriff Joe’s Posse ?
McConnell may be a prick, but he ain’t stupid.
“Mercurial.” I like that. Like if you wondered if you should bring a bull into a china shop and then decided no, bulls are too mercurial.