“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.”
Albert Einstein
In Graham’s case, I’d replacev nsanity with stupidity but either applies.
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No matter how a senator is going to vote on Kavanaugh, I’m guessing they would all agree that it is best not to have this vote right before the election. Maybe Lindsay is telegraphing to Kavanaugh to withdraw and try his luck later? In any case, even raising the possibility of a failed vote for something they’ve been saying they are so confident of doesn’t seem to be a good sign. Then you have Flake making a point about Kavanaugh’s partisanship and how that wouldn’t be good for the court, etc. Once you put all these little things together it tells a story that does not bode well for Kavanaugh.
Update: Now Trump is talking about how Kavanaugh lying to congress wouldn’t be good.
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It’s astonishing that, at this point in the process, Graham is publicly admitting that the Kavanaugh nomination may collapse. It’s even more astonishing that he proposes hitching the Republicans to the Kavanaugh wagon again in a few weeks. Why would he think a Kavanaugh nomination would do better in 4-6 weeks than it’s going now? Kavanaugh’s past isn’t going to disappear. The public is not going to be less repulsed by him in few weeks; he’s not going to grow on us, nor are we going to get used to him. He’s a sleazebag now and will be a sleazebag in 6 weeks. He’s a mean drunk sleazebag, at that, and is not at all appealing to normal people with normal moral compasses. FTW is Graham thinking?
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hard to imagine kavanaugh confirmed with a dem senate once trump is a lame duck.
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What is going on with him? I believe he is compromised and Trump offered him AG job to protect both of them. Knowing Trump, he knows he has to continue impressing the Dotard.
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I think this is a thinly veiled way of saying he thinks the confirmation vote will fail.
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Honestly, this behavior is just so weird that whatever model you choose to represent Graham’s recent behavior has to put an explanation of the weirdness front and center.
People just don’t do this. They don’t act like this. Extraordinary behavior requires an extraordinary explanation.
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You can’t always get what you want, Lindsey.
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Is it that attractive to be AG ? And under Trump ? Really ?
EDIT: Just heard McConnell taking about “moving the goal posts” ? Merrick Garland !
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I think you’re misinterpreting Graham’s statement. When he talks about this hypothetical renomination putting the question of Kavanaugh’s fitness to the American people, it seems to me that he means that Trump would renominate if Kavanaugh were rejected before the midterms. The idea is that people would vote one way or the other on Senate races based on what they think of Kavanaugh. The Senate could postpone the confirmation vote until after the election so that Senators could take the verdict of the electorate into account in confirming or not confirming
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Something came loose. I wonder if it was a Canon.
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If Trump had half a brain, once he takes his midterm shellacking he’ll realize his days of unitary GOP government are gone for good. A shrewd negotiator like he claims to be would realize that he’s no longer under McConnell’s thumb but desperately needs some good will from Democrats. The best political move would be to renominate Garland.
That’s a lot of “if’s,” most importantly that Trump a) has a brain that is b) capable of overruling his massively yuge ego.
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I’d say give the Merrick treatment, but its too late, he already RECEIVED his hearingS
this might be one of the stoopidest things to every be mentioned by a supposedly educated individual
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What is this Larry Ellison on a fancy dress party?
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He loves Big Brother. Room 101 has done its job well.
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That is what I got from it.
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The idea is that people would vote one way or the other on Senate races based on what they think of Kavanaugh.
There is a central problem with this. While one-issue voters do exist, a strategy based on having an election because of a Supreme Court nominee is hollow and just plain bad, particularly this one. No one is going to vote for a Supreme Court justice pick: the 2016 election is proof positive of that because the court was brought up time and again as a vote motivator.
The simpler explanation is more likely: it’s a message to withdraw.
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Trump must have photographs of Lindsey…
Good lord, Lindsey, what the f*** is wrong with you?
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