@Yellowhammer is your real username 'zakattack04'

I don't think he intended to do so, but I think Jeff Flake may have ended up screwing over Joe Donnelly by mistake

since didn't Donnelly make the lack of FBI investigation the reason not to back Kavanaugh - in already coming out with a no?

so if the FBI report doesn't change anything - what does he do? Vote Yes and piss off liberals while seeming insincere in doing so? or stick no with no good explanation?

No @Julien Blanc

we had a californian blackpiller furry a while back who acted similarly

What, to me?

yeah

No. I am “yellowhammer” on discord, Atlas, and RRH

What, was he also honest about how the races are going?

he described himself as such, yeah

@reagent if nothing changes, I assume things play out like yesterday's hearing

Democrats claim victory and act justified in opposing Kavanaugh

Well, if Manchin votes yes for Kavanaugh it'll solidify my initial predictions regarding the state of WV politically.

Manchin is the strongest Democratic incumbent given the state he's in

If Flake or Collins doesn't flip, this is one of the best outcomes we could have expected.

Donnelly, McCaskill, Heitkamp, all ripe for the picking

Not a perfect party line vote but decent nevertheless.

Heller offering one final act of service before he is likely unseated by the Nevadan Jew.

listening to Flake, I doubt he flips

his rationale sounds more like he wants Dems to shut up about it not being investigated than anything

I agree.

I think we'll have a clean 52-48 vote.

Which is a very decent outcome for the GOP. I highly doubt it but maybe we can convince Manchin to defect the next time around.

well, hopefully next time we won't need to worry about Manchin defecting

I think nominating the replacement for RBG will be effortless if the GOP has at least 54 Senate seats after Nov 6 2018

Which is rather feasible.

Even likely I'd argue.

we need 52 seats presumably

everyone replacing our incumbents is better

of the seats up

and then there's still Collins and Murkowski

The RBG replacement will be very contentious.

Since her replacement will certainly put Roe v Wade into question.

Romney is not an improvement over Hatch

Well, this IS the man who said in 2012 there's no such thing as the establishment GOP.

such a large step

cant wait for kavanaugh to be put in the SC

I'd give it a 70-30 chance.

@Yellowhammer I guess that's true - though he doesn't strike me as likely to do what Flake did

and I think while Romney is temperamentally establishment, I think he is more conservative than he gets credit for