elephant in the room. republicans need this confirmation before the november midterm elections because they fear they could lose a majority in the senate during that vote. the problem right now for the republicans is not that professor schwartz s statement will necessarily block kavanagh s vote, but into the knew nu year and that will raise further questions whether he can get through. remember, we re only at a later stage. we have questions which have been raised by critics of kavanagh whether or not he was, let s say, fully straightforward in answers to the committee for example, over the improper acquiring of democratic party documen documents 15 years ago and in his relationship with lawyers from a law firm that represents donald trump. so at this point we wait to see the white house reaction. we wait to see the reaction, more importantly, of the