The final vote was 50 yeas and 48 nays. It’s a safe bet that had the Senate voted an hour and a half after President Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh, the vote would have been 50 yeas and 48 nays. And we would have skipped all the agony.
Wow. That was quick. Less than an hour after Judge Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court, I received a fund-raising email from Emily’s List. (How I wound up on this email list I’ll never know, though I’m…
They probably hadn’t planned it this way. A new poll suggests Republican voter enthusiasm has spiked amid the Kavanaugh confirmation fight, catching up with Democrats ahead of midterm elections. https://t.co/VPtdCplwf6 https://t.co/MfAvfNRBDC — NPR (@NPR) October 3, 2018 When Dianne Feinstein…
Lots of organizations have misleading names, chosen to hide or to perfume what the outfit actually does. Planned Parenthood is just one example. Planned Non-Parenthood would be a more honest title, as the outfit is first and foremost about promoting…
It seems to happen earlier every year. Believe it or not, Christmas toys are already appearing in the stores. My favorite of the new items is the Democrat Doll. Pull her string and she says, “We have to delay these…
The aptly named Jeff Flake lifted the hearts of reasonable and compassionate Americanos this morning when he announced he would vote to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. It was, in the words of those Wilford Brimley oatmeal…
Rachel Mitchell, the Arizona prosecutor who conducted yesterday’s Judiciary Committee examination of Christine Blasey Ford, provided a 30-minute analysis of her findings to Republicans Thursday evening. According to multiple reports, Mitchell heard nothing from Ford that she found worthy of…
Let’s take a Spectacle break from the depressing spectacle of an honorable man (and our judicial process into the bargain) being knee-capped by a bunch of political gangsters. For a moment at least, pray consider a much less important but…
Watching the confirmation hearings for Judge Kavanaugh I was appalled but hardly surprised by the rude and churlish behavior of the Democrats. From interrupting the proceedings some 40 times in the first hour, to Senator Harris using her time to…
