NBC News: “Senate Republicans don’t yet have the votes to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, even as Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is projecting a public face of certainty.”
“But while vote-counters are closely watching a few GOP senators considered to be most threatening to the confirmation, several more Republicans are monitoring events as they unfold and want to see how the hearing with Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused him of sexual assault in high school, will play out on Thursday.”
Said Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN): “I know the media keeps characterizing three or four people, but I feel like it’s a large number of them that want to see firsthand the accusation and the rebuttal, and again, will be looking at it in a very sober way. So I think it’s much larger than you think.”
Politico offers a whip count: “Here’s whip count according to senators + aides: Tester, Jones and Nelson viewed as firm no votes. Heitkamp now more likely to vote no with Cramer comments. Manchin ‘open’ to Kavanaugh and Donnelly a wild card. Donnelly said at caucus today many in Indiana still support Kavanaugh.”
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