actually just withdraw his own nomination. we have you have the governor of alaska giving murkowski cover, i think he s going to back out. is this a double edged sword for the gop or make an argument there is, as kellyanne conway put it today, a vast left wing conspiracy, and would that help at the polls? enthusiasm for the gop is up according to the latest poll. they can try, i don t think it will work. placing him on the court is so worthwhile and important to conservatives, that it is worth risking the house and the senate. because having a 5-4 majority on the court is worth losing a cycle they can get back later. this is the capstone to 40 or 50 years of activism on the right to change the composition on the right. if they lose a couple of senate seats, it s not the worst thing. if you don t know what nick is talking about, the federalist
preliminary inquiry to see what she has to say. they say they haven t heard back from her attorney yet. as far as delay is concerned there s some democrats who have called for the committee to delay the hearing on thursday. senator feinstein said it should be canceled and some of the other democrats on the committee have said the same. but republicans are really digging in. we just heard moments ago from senator orrin hatch walking into the meeting in mitch mcconnell office. he called the latest allegations of ramirez phony. and so most republicans except for these critical undecided ones anyway are really coming to kavanaugh s defense at this 11th hour. susan, you re shaking your head at orrin hatch calling it phony, you shook your head calling it political. why? because this is exactly what republicans don t need and if you want to see kavanaugh go through this confirmation process, they need to shut up
associated with. it s not in itself a conclusion or proof of anything. i think we should take seriously any specific allegations. i think the issue we re all having here is, again, there is no precedent or set of rules for what facts are most important in deciding supreme court placement. and we all have to decide and all the senators have to decide what we think makes for a good judge is that going to happen? are all the senators going to come up with an outline how they re going to address these things? no, they can t. but every senator has already decided what they think. what is is going to happen with collins or flake or corker? those are the people that i m sure brett kavanaugh whether be speaking to on thursday. more you see donald trump speak and hurt kavanaugh s case, a tnl and the more time that goes by, it s going to be harder for those senators to support this nominee.
well, people come out of the wood work from 36 years and 30 years ago and never mentioned it. all of a sudden, it happens. and my opinion, it s totally political. that was president trump reiterating his support for brett kavanaugh this morning. with me is lee ann caldwell who has been covering this story and the new allegation and the panel. lee ann, i want to start with you. we have a hearing that s set for thursday with dr. ford and judge kavanaugh. there s a new accuser. any talk about having that new accuser testify on thursday as well, any talk about delaying the hearing? what s the latest? hey, well, it depends on who you ask. there s a little bit of news that came out. a spokesman on the republican side said that the republicans on that committee have reached out to deborah ramirez s attorney. not necessarily about appearing on thursday, but as a
there s a lot of policy coming out. there s a lot of good passed the tax cut, but that happened a year ago though. but it s still there. the party is getting a lot out of the trump presidency. starting a battle with the white house and sticking a thumb in the eye is except for maybe the house that will go down because donald trump has offended more independents, more women than anyone could have counted on. he has put them in almost a political death spiral if you will. that now they re worried about the senate which was almost unthinkable six months ago. that s because on things like kavanaugh like the president was being so good on friday by not talking but by late morning he had to open his mouth. donald trump does it again today. the president is not the character witness you want on an issue of sexual why hold on. what if the republicans to get on kavanaugh for one brief segment, why have the