The GOP Civil War: The Kavanaugh Confirmation & John McCain

President Donald Trump has chosen to crudely heat up the culture war to get his base to erase the Democratic advantage heading into the midterms. The President, Brett Kavanaugh, and most Senate Republicans have made white men a victim of a dominant PC culture giving greater claims to women and […] Read more »

CNN Poll: Majority oppose Kavanaugh, but his popularity grows with GOP

The wrenching battle over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the high court left the public with sharply negative impressions of the new Supreme Court justice and raised questions about his truthfulness, his temperament to serve and whether his partisan views would influence his work on the bench, according to a CNN […] Read more »

The Kavanaugh nomination is another big step in the politicization of the Supreme Court

The battle over the confirmation of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court marks another significant step in the transfor­mation of the high court into one more polarizing political body. It has been a long time coming. In the climate that exists today, it will not easily be undone. […] Read more »

Fox News Poll: Voters split 45-46 percent on confirming Kavanaugh to high court

Voters are increasingly divided over the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court since President Trump announced him as his choice to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. Forty-five percent would confirm Kavanaugh, while 46 percent oppose him, according to the latest Fox News poll. … Opinion of the GOP […] Read more »

Fox News Poll: Democrats maintain lead in race for House

Democrats are in a strong position for the midterms, according to the latest Fox News poll. Several findings point to the potential for a blue map in November: President Trump’s job rating remains underwater. Republicans alone say the economy is in positive shape. The GOP tax law is less popular […] Read more »

Senate: Gaming Out Kavanaugh’s Confirmation

… There are two ways of looking at the process of confirming a Supreme Court nominee: through the eyes of each party, or through the eyes of individual Senators. When it comes to Kavanaugh’s confirmation, Republicans’ task is pretty straightforward. They need to guide the nominee through individual meetings with […] Read more »