Finally Democrats, leftists and other progressive sects have learned their lesson, even if they don’t realize it, you don’t mess around Cocaine Mitch. It was a brutal fight. Judge Brett Kavanaugh, whom President Trump nominated to fill the vacancy left by Anthony Kennedy, has been eaten by the leftist smear machine. He faced three counts of sexual misconduct that lacked evidence or corroborating witnesses. This fight looked like it was going to be a polished win, but these allegations dropped at the last minute, dragging us into the gutters.
It was a knife fight – and we won. Period. While the left is elated to have their base animated, this unfair, brutal and completely outrageous attempted character assassination against Judge Kavanaugh has infuriated the GOP, especially the dozens of conservative voters they saw right through the smear campaign. It was a double-edged sword: The more the left tried to destroy Kavanaugh, the more the GOP base became. And it’s not just Trump supporters, Bushies, Never Coffiners, every wing of the GOP united behind this man. McConnell noted that this fight did wonders to delight Republicans heading into the 2018 midterms (Via Via Vapo):
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he had never considered calling on the White House to withdraw Brett M. Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination and called opposition to the judge a “great political gift” to Republicans ahead of next month’s midterm elections.
In an interview with The Washington Post hours before Kavanaugh’s almost certain confirmation on Saturday afternoon, the Kentucky Republican reiterated his confidence in Kavanaugh’s denial of allegations of sexual misconduct, then condemning protesters who challenged the senators.
“I never thought Judge Kavanaugh would recuse himself,” McConnell said during an interview with the Post. “When your integrity is under attack like his, withdrawal was certainly not the solution, so we fought to the finish.”
McConnell, overseeing a razor-thin 51-49 GOP, said the GOP is already watching the poll in Senate races because of Democratic opposition to Kavanaugh coupled with the protests. Republicans are on the attack in the fight for control of the Senate, with 10 Democrats seeking re-election in the US President Trump won in 2016.
“It was a great political gift for us. “The tactics covered our base,” he said, adding, “I want to thank the crowd because they did the one thing we had a problem with, which energized our base.”
He elaborated further With Connection: :
“I think there’s no question that the tactics covered our base like we weren’t able to do before,” McConnell said. “Not only the tactics of the Senate Democrats on the Judiciary Committee, but also those who literally have our members under attack – they have come to our homes, but they know that they have essentially plunged in against the members.”
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“The base is on fire. “I was talking to some of my political advisors yesterday about what we’re seeing in the Red States is a dramatically growing interest,” McConnell said.
An NPR/PBS NewShour/Marist poll released Wednesday found the battle over the Kavanaugh nomination has helped close the enthusiasm gap.
Eighty-two percent of Democrats surveyed said the election was “very important” compared to 80 percent of Republicans. In July, a poll found that 68 percent of Republicans thought the election was very essential, compared to 78 percent of Democrats.
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Democrats, of course, have most of the current Senate races on the 2018 map that are closely contested.
Ten Senate Democrats are running in states Trump won in 2016, but operatives on both sides agreed that at least two of them — Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey – are out of reach for Republicans.
Sen. Joe Manchin III was the only Democratic senator in a state Trump won by double digits who decided to support Kavanaugh. The others, including Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Jon Tester of Montana and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, opposed the judge on various grounds.
The Kentucky Republican slammed these four Democratic incumbents as “voting frankly stupidly on this issue, given their own electoral prospects.”
Polls have shown that Joe Manchin’s re-election would be almost certain if he voted for Kavanaugh. Overall, Red State Democrats have been put in a terrible political position in this nomination fight. They could have voted for Kavanaugh but risked the ire of progressive grassroots and lost access to crucial Democratic campaign financing. And they could vote against him, but forced to update their resumes because they will be out of work in January. Claire McCaskill knows this all too well.
On the right flank, Arizona and Tennessee may be Democratic rebounds, though I doubt how rural, GOP ones like Tennessee will be, but we’ll see. Missouri and Florida look like likely pickups for the GOP. If we hold the line in Tennessee, lose Arizona and win in Missouri and Florida, we’re left with, as the upper chamber began in the last convention, 51-49. Still, a lot can change. The Kavanaugh probe has not yet been released. And in Arizona, Democrat Kyrsten Sinema was caught telling lofty tales about her upbringing. Stay tuned, but the fact is that the GOP position is much better than at home – although with the base covered, perhaps we could hold the line. It would be a slim majority, but still a victory—and one that would trigger another liberal meltdown.
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UPDATE: Manchin may have voted with the Republicans, but Mitch He still plans to play to earn his spot: :
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Republicans will continue to campaign against Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), even though he is the only opposing member who voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
“Joe Manchin is still a Democrat and we’re trying to maintain the majority,” the Kentucky Republican told CBS’ “Face the People” when he asked President Donald Trump not to campaign against the red-state Democrat.
But McConnell said he appreciated Manchin’s vote, which he called “the right thing to do.”
Perhaps Manchin should re-register as a Republican if he wins reelection, which he very well could, even though West Virginia is a deep red state.
