If Democrats hadn't voted Yay for Clarence Thomas, he wouldn't be a S.Ct. Justice.
I saw on tv a Democratic Senator state that he was undecided on whether to vote to confirm Kavanaugh. Undecided? Seriously? An obvious tool/operative, who lies at the hearing, and is selected because he'll back Trump up in whatever Trump wants. And they may vote to confirm? The Democratic Party leaders need to exert pressure on Democrats who may vote to confirm Kavanaugh. In reviewing how Clarence Thomas, a terrible S.Ct. nominee, became a Justice, I saw that a handful of Democrats voted for him. Thomas got confirmed with a scant majority of 52 to 48. If Democrats hadn't voted for him, he would not be a Justice.
11 Democrats voted Yay. Only 2 Republicans voted against confirmation.
Democrats need to focus on getting Democrats to vote together, like Republicans do. The Senators have a right to vote how they want. But there's nothing wrong with leaders bearing down on Senators to have them vote the party line. Republicans have this bearing down procedure down pat.
It is possible....just possible....that Kavanaugh wouldn't be confirmed, if no Democratic Party Senator voted to confirm him. If a couple of Republicans vote Nay (a long shot), they'd have 49 votes to confirm vs. 51 votes against IF no Democratic Senator voted to confirm and the two independents did also (Angus King, Bernie Sanders).
It is also possible that every single Republican Senator will vote to confirm, because you can believe that the Republican Senate leaders will bear down hard on them on what they view as their once in a lifetime chance to get their operative in the S.Ct. who will knock down everything they disagree with: abortion rights, doing away with Social Security and Medicare, etc.
