I'm finding the defeatism on Kavanaugh unbearable: He will NEVER be a SCOTUS Justice

[NewsCenter28]

With the FBI investigation now expanded, our worst case scenario is he loses confirmation 52-48 on the senate floor. The more likely scenario is Trump pulls his nomination. He’s more likely to resign as an appeals judge than sit on the SCOTUS.

As a wise DUer said, he cannot withstand what is swirling around him.

Not sure why so many are conceding defeat on Kavanaugh in the 3rd quarter?

[pbmus]

1. Must be bears fans watching the Green Bay game...

[NewsCenter28]

2. Haha!

For sure!

[BumRushDaShow]

12. Or Eagles fans watching the Titans

(heard some fan remark last week - "It's not an Eagles win if it doesn't take 5 years off your life". Guess he got his 5 years back this week )

[Garrett78]

3. I haven't given up hope, but I still think confirmation is more likely than not.

[marylandblue]

4. I've not conceded defeat, but I understand why some are discouraged

We are in the uncomfortable position of relying on a handful of Republican Senators shutting down a nominee they actually want.

[Fullduplexxx]

5. They have no reason to pull his nom.

[malaise]

6. That was my prediction and I'm sticking to it

Agree

[elocs]

7. Prepare for the worst and hope for the best.

Reality sucks but it is what it is. I think there are too many who live in a fantasy land where if they wish and hope something will happen badly enough it will. I just don't see that happening here but I'm prepared to be surprised.

[maxrandb]

8. Umm, because we were also convinced

that Donnie "Fungus Dick" would NEVER be POTUS

[JustAnotherGen]

14. This right here

And all of the time he's been President - the GOP in Congress have covered for him.

They always let Dear Leader have his way.

Always.

[honest.abe]

9. Yeah, that bothers me too.

It would seem we have this guy on the ropes. Keep pounding and he will go down.

[lame54]

10. we don't have the authority to conceed...

offering an opinion - even a negative one - is not the same as wielding any type of power

complaints here have no bearing on the outcome

no need to

[unitedwethrive]

11. I think many of us hope with all our hearts that you are right, but

we’ve seen the repubs lie, cheat and steal so often that it is hard to remain optimistic. For instance, it’s possible that Flake is just deflecting and will use the skimpy FBI investigation to claim that no wrongdoing was done, so he feels fine voting for confirmation, bringing Collins and Murkowski along with him. Wouldn’t surprise me at all.

[Autumn]

13. Why do you think they will drop his nomination? FWIW I thought that Thomas

would never be a SCOTUS Justice.

[PubliusEnigma]

15. There's an overwhelming amount of concern. It started as soon as the FBI investigation did.

[hlthe2b]

16. It has been that way on a daily basis, since he was nominated.

The naysayers are determined--for whatever reason and undeterred no matter what the news of the day, positive or negative.

[NewsCenter28]

18. The ACA repeal vote in 2017

If we had lost that, I’d be far less hopeful. That combined with the fact that Flake forced an expanded FBI investigation is what I hang my hat on.

It’s not over but there’s a lot of reason to hope and feel confident. I understand being on edge about this though. Totally got ya there.

Also, if all is good, why was Trump even more hysterical than usual today?

[Hortensis]

17. Many experts think they'll push for a vote.

They apparently desperately need to satisfy their base, and they are thus doing their best to force his confirmation through. Success would have trumpsters victory dancing all over the nation and jazzed to go vote. They will blame failure, if it occurs (I think it will), on evil machinations by the Democrats. Trump's always a wild card, of course.

[Lucinda]

19. Yep. I've learned to ignore all those posts

There are always people playing the negative angles - I think it helps some people to not become too disappointed if things go badly

[ecstatic]

20. I'm usually pretty negative and pessimistic, but the last few days

should have provided hope to even the hardest realists/cynics.

The only (somewhat disgusting) question we should be asking ourselves is would we prefer trump to install an impeachable asshole or a choir boy/gal asshole. That depends on how much time is in the clock.

Can we prevent any more action on nominees for the rest of the year?