America is winning. And the calendar might read 2018 but for dozens of democrats, 2020 is here. Inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. Thanks for joining us. John king is off today. Conservative imaginity on the Supreme Court. That is the new reality this morning. Brett kavanaugh is now Justice Kavanaugh after a long partisan fight and weeklong fbi probe. An unquestioned victory for the president. This is an historic i stand before you today on the heels of a tremendous victory for our nation, our people and our beloved constitution. The u. S. Senate confirmed judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United StatesSupreme Court. The saturday vote was close but never really indoubt. The drama came from the gallery in protesters. Mr. Alexander. I am a mother. I am a patriot. The sergeant in arms will restore order in the gallery. The sergeant of arms will restore order in the gallery. Their despair equal bid the republican celebration. We saw the normally reserved republican majority leader relishing in a legacy defining moment. I always thought land slides were kind of boring anyway. This is a good day for america and an important day for the senate. Mcconnell says the mob lost and fairness won out but democrats say that kavanaugh is a permanent stain on the court and the process tore an already divided washington further apart. From start to finish, President Trumps nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the United StatesSupreme Court has been one of the saddest moments in the history of the United States. This will be a flashing moment of what to avoid. Truly judge kavanaughs confirmation is a low moment for the senate, for the court, for the country. With us to share their reporting and insights, we have jaffe kesenic from the daily beast, and cnns kaitlyn collins. What a week weve seen really, three weeks weve seen. Think about all the twists and turns of the confirmation hearings, you saw judge kavanaugh testify, blaseyford testify. But in some ways, kaitlyn, this seemed inevitable. He was on the fast track and everyone kept saying unless something really insane happens, he is on the fast track to be confirmed and something really insane happened and upended washington for a few weeks. On friday when Susan Collins was giving her speech and started speaking for the first 20, 25 minutes, it was a speech she could have given if none of the allegations had happened, if Christine Blaseyford had not come forward or the other two accusers of sexual misconduct. That critical vote who got him confirmed to the Supreme Court made her argument but had very little to do with the allegations against him. That was kind of the closing part of her speech. We were looking at Susan Collins and here is what they had to say for the reasoning of their final votes. I do not believe that these charges can barely prevent judge kavanaugh from serving on the court. I could not con conclude that he is the right person for the court at this time. I believe dr. Ford. Something happened to dr. Ford. I dont believe that it shows it was Brett Kavanaugh but i believe something happened. I cant get up in the morning and look at the Life Experience ive had and say yes to judge kavanaugh. So talk about the big five and how they made their decision, particularly the ones that switched parties. Murkowski was interesting. Whether or not you believe Brett Kavanaugh on this, his behavior at the hearing doesnt rise to her High Standard of how a judge should behavior. She talked about the need for an impartial and nonpartisan judge. The appearance of his behavior raised questions about that and in the midst of that fbi investigation, some of that was papered over. Progressives have lost the Supreme Court for a generation. Campaign finance, gun rights, religious rights, voting rights, interest of employers, liberal issues now are in danger, gay rights, affirmative action, death penalty. Consequences will linger for decades. Palin, for instance, tweet she had can see 2020 from her house, meaning she might run against murkowski and you had democratic groups pull money from manchin who, of course, voted to confirm kavanaugh. This was a big loss for the democrats. Its hard to say where the implications are for the midterms but theres very little question that this has injected energy into the grass roots. Im not sure that they can get more energized but if they can, this will do it. Yeah. Its striking. What we thought 20 days ago, kavanaugh would be confirmed. Thats how this all played out. But 20 days later were in a spot where everyone feels a lot more anger. I didnt think it could get higher, but it definitely is. It feels like theres weaknesses in the senate, that this was a fight that was damaging for a lot of those traditions and it could be damaging for the court going forward. Good point. Justice roberts has a lot that hes going to have to deal with to restore trust in that institutio institution. And we say elana kagan talki about this. Justice kavanaugh, justice kennedy, people found a center where people couldnt predict in that sort of way and thats enabled the court to look as though it was not owned by one side or another. And was, indeed, impartial. That sort of middle position, its not so clear whether well have it. Some people, jackie, saying maybe chief Justice Roberts would take that role as being the swing voter there, the independent voice. He particularly is concerned about the reputation of the court. He was the key vote on health care and enraged conservatives for being the key vote. This smash mouth, bare knuckle, no holds bar fighting were seeing permeating the United States senate. Out there you probably dont know, its not the house. The house, they really hate each other. In the senate, they really do sort of theres been a tradition to lay down arms and get stuff done. Cooler heads usually prevail. Yes. So to see that kind of rage permeate that body for those of us who have been covering congress and watching congress it was striking how that went dow down. You can argue that particularly we saw that in his last year. Inside with the left on any of the cases. People can reasonably argue that Sandra Day Oconnor was the last swing vote. Now chief Justice Roberts finds himself in a position where hell have to cool the passions of the fivemember imaginity. And issues will come before the Supreme Court. They could move right on abortion, affirmative action, president ial power, campaign finance. All of those issues culturally divisive issues. We are in unchartered territory and were not going back to where we were three weeks ago before these allegations came out. Its not just questions about the Supreme Court but also the Senate Judiciary committee. Theres no sense of bipartisanship. There are questions about the me too movement. Both sides are angry. Its not just of the democrats and liberals and the kavanaugh critics. The white house and conservatives are also enraged over this and think theyve got a shot of energy because of whats happened. Will it sustain itself for four weeks . For a month. Its a lifetime in this political environment. A month is 10,000 news cycles. This bitter partisan divide, you have people comparing it to the runup to the civil war and challenges in the 1960s with civil rights and vietnam war. What do you make of this, lisa . Thats a very fashionable comparison. I think a significant difference is that we have a president who thrives on this kind of anger, who stokes this kind of anger and sees it, as were hearing, as very good for his political fortunes. And trying to minimize the protests. You hear this idea of a mob rule. You heard this from grassley and a number of people on the senate floor and also the president. One persons mob is another persons protesters. You heard a lot of this story in the tea party, democrats calling them astroturf, saying they were fake, saying that they were just this angry mob. I dont know if they used that verbiage but that was out there at that time. A constitutional point that really matters. Weakness of the institutions. Theyre riled up more than others. Thats the job of citizens and voters and the job of the senate traditionally and the courts to be the cooler heads to calm that down. This broke down a lot of those traditions. Weve never had a Supreme Court nominee who has done televised interviews, gotten up and spoken openly in such a partisan way, written opeds. We are breaking new ground with how this country handles these confirmation hearings and i really do think that Justice Roberts is in a tough spot. Whether kavanaugh will recuse himself from certain cases. Legal experts think thats rather unlikely. Something has to be done to calm things down it feels like. Its unclear who will do that. Well see. Coming up, President Trumps midterm message is all about winning. What it means for november, next. Valerie but we worry if we have enough to last. Cal ellen, our certified financial planner™ professional, helps us manage our cash flow and plan for the unexpected. Valerie her experience and training gave us the courage to go for it. Its our confident forever plan. Cal . And its all possible with a cfp® professional. Find your certified financial planner™ professional at letsmakeaplan. Org. 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President trump is taking a victory lap with 30 days before the midterms and his Supreme Court pick is very much front and center. A totally brilliant scholar who has devoted his life to the law. The biggest thing a president can do, theyve always said, is Supreme Court justice picks. And some have had none. Weve had two in less than two years. Brett kavanaugh is the second justice that trump appointed to the Supreme Court, giving conservatives a clear majority. Other big wins that trump can count . The Unemployment Rate is at 3. 7 , the lowest in 49 years. Theres also the new trade deal to replace nafta and Congress Passed a major bipartisan bill to fight the opioid epidemic. Lisa, you might imagine that this is the leak that Trump Supporters are sick of winning. He has a lot of big wins, and this was the best week of his presidency. This was definitely the best week of his presidency. It has told us Something Interesting about his support. In 2016, i sort of thought that and a lot of people, of course, thought that the president won in spite of his comments about access hollywood the access hollywood tape. Now im wondering if he won, in part, because of those comments. There has been polling about his supporters and they are more likely to believe in reverse racism, that white men is under siege in this country. That part of the base coming out and being really loud during this fight. This kavanaugh fight unified the Republican Party behind the president. Typical more moderate conservatives, theyre more unified. The question is whether that endures over the next 30 days. They say worry about dr. Ford. We say worry about Brett Kavanaugh. They say worry about your daughters being sexually assaulted and not believed and we say worry about your sons and being falsely accused. It fuels the question, of course, can it sustain the next month of the Midterm Election . One thing that we hear the president saying is that its not about the people whose names are on the ballot. It is really about him. Here is what he had to say. Im not on the ticket but i am on the ticket because this is also a reven dumb about me. Get out and vote. I want you to pretend im on the ballot. And we will be on ballot in two years and won in a landslide like you wouldnt believe. Hes doing multiple rallies a week. Ive seen him go from instead he would never talk about the candidate and never talk about the midterms and it was like, hello, this is about the midterms. People wanted him to be there talking about the candidates and it would be him reciting his greatest hits. Were seeing him switch over and talk about the midterms a lot more during these speeches. To follow up on trumps greatest week, i love this narrative. A success fful week now looks le your Supreme Court nominee being accused of sexual assault, exposing your finances and upending essentially what youve been telling the American Public for decades is comical to me that that is what a really good week for this president and what we now are bar for politics is so low that this is a good week blows my mind. Its a good week for his supporters and well hear from some this is in mississippi. Here is what they had to say. Im not tired of winning yet. The economy is booming, the military is stronger. What else do we need really . I want to make sure that the republicans hold the senate and the house so we can follow trumps agenda. The most important thing to me is building the wall. Making sure we get the aliens, illegals from coming in. Health care. Everything thats important to trump is important to me. His agenda. These folks are among the most fervent trump fans. Its mississippi. But they are very fired up about this president. Absolutely. Trumps message about him being on the ballot, it depends on where you live as to whether thats a good thing. So i think youll see some candidates using that and some saying hes entitled to his opinio opinion. If youre mcnally, you might be dicey about whether you want the president there. The senate map is very red, very republican, very rural and most of these people like President Trump a lot. He won states like West Virginia and north dakota by massive margins. Manchin, the one democrat who broke, is from the state that the president won by the largest margin. 42 . Yeah. Its ridiculous. His strategists and those close to him have impressed upon him that his strong, hard core voters love him. Will they turn out to support a republican down the ballot when hes not on the ticket . They worry about that a lot. Women are who folks are looking at. Independent women turned most quickly and most strongly against the kavanaugh nomination. Particularly when the president gets out there and makes fun of the allegations made by Christine Blaseyford, thats really bad with independent women. How this plays depends, as most things in politics, where you sit. What the dynamic is. This is probably hurtful for democrats. For the president s because its the perfect thing. He was able to motivate his base with this red meat anger kind of stuff and traditional moderate republicans who want to see things done. This is the biggest thing he could get done for republican, culmination of decades worth of activists and policy work to cement a conservative majority on the Supreme Court. For decades from now. For decades. Whatever else we say about the president , he did get that done. Thats true. Next, the kavanaugh fight say midterm motivator, republicans say, for their base. Is the brett bounce real . Well look at Key Senate Races to find out. 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