claiming that his trouble stemmed from pent up anger over president trump and revenge for the clintons. after his rant, kavanaugh will never be able to judge a case without the what he expressed. this is not the road we want to take. again, that is coming from the hometown paper the portland press herald, which is read by necessity and presumably avidly by hometown senator susan collins of maine. tonight, i should also tell you that just before we got in the air, the new york times published this letter signed by over 650 u.s. law professors, quote, and counting. quote, judicial temperate is one of the most important qualities of a judge. a judge requires a personality that is even handed, unbiased, impartial, courteous yet firm, and dedicated to a process, not a result. at the senate hearings, judge
explosive temper. he was under stress and fighting for his reputation, but his temperament was tested during the hearing and he failed the test. we have never had a supreme court nominee who ripped off the nonpartisan mask the way kavanaugh did thursday and identified himself as the enemy of a political party that represents the policy preferences of millions of americans. he blamed his predicament on conspiracy theorys. after his rant, kavanaugh will never be able to judge a case without the what he expressed. this is not the road we want to take. again, that is coming from the hometown paper the portland press herald, which is read by necessity and presumably avidly by hometown senator susan
he wanted a delay and an fbi investigation into the current credible allegations against him. if his colleagues pushed through and scheduled a final vote with no investigation, jeff flake would be a no vote on sending brett kavanaugh to the supreme court. jeff flake s stop the presses moment today set in motion two major things that have changed the course of events for brett kavanaugh s nomination, possibly for good. for one, democrats and dr. ford have now gotten what they asked for, what they have consistently demanded for days now, an fbi investigation into allegations against brett kavanaugh. why aren t you also asking the fbi to investigate these claims? just ask the president to reopen the fbi investigation. judge kavanaugh will, you support an fbi investigation right now? i will do whatever the committee wants
and while acknowledging the impact of dr. ford s words, republicans were projecting absolute confidence they would hold this vote and kavanaugh s nomination would head to the full senate. as mitch mcconnell put it, quote, in the coming days. this morning, even moderate republicans who were still on the fence about brett kavanaugh appeared to be falling in line. senator jeff flake, who was as of last night telling reporters that this was a tough decision for him and who was reportedly visibly torn over whether or not to confirm kavanaugh announced this morning that in fact he would vote to confirm kavanaugh to the supreme court. the white house expressed pleasure with the decision, as did republican senators. there were even reports this morning that democratic senator joe manchin had decided to join and vote to confirm kavanaugh as well. his office later denied those reports. this morning, it really felt like this was it, game over. until suddenly, it wasn t.