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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPolitico:Allies push for aggressive offense even as some concede confirmation uphill battle
I'm intentionally titling with the subtitle as I don't want to enable the naysayersKavanaugh Confirmation
This is march or die: Kavanaugh urged to hit back hard
Allies push for an aggressive offense even as some concede that confirmation to the Supreme Court is an uphill battle.
Republican lawyer Bill Burck, who oversaw the release of Kavanaugh's documents and reps W.H. counsel Don McGahn and others in Mueller's probe, is part of a pro-Kavanaugh war room effort, according to Politico.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/30/kavanaugh-response-senate-confirmation-854297
One White House official said Sunday that no new television appearances were currently planned for Kavanaugh, but that anything to further his case will be done with senators and with the FBI and that the possibility of appearances later in the week had not been ruled out.
Friends, meanwhile, said they were encouraging Kavanaugh whom one described as shell-shocked by the crisis engulfing his nomination fight to continue playing offense, the way he did in his testimony on Thursday.--snip--
The aggressive pro-Kavanaugh push, however, comes as White House officials and a separate, external war room that has been formed around Kavanaugh including Bill Burck, a former counsel to President George W. Bush, as well as Leonard Leo, executive vice president of the Federalist Society are fighting what some of them conceded to be an uphill battle in which time is not on their side.
Seven days is an eternity, said a Kavanaugh ally, noting a growing concern that phony allegations might surface. No good things can happen to Kavanaugh in that time except for calling the vote.
Another person involved in the nomination fight put the odds of Kavanaughs being confirmed as low as 50 percent. But, this person said, the White House could not afford to set a standard that would allow unsubstantiated allegations against a nominee to knock that person out of the running to sit on the nations highest court.
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Politico:Allies push for aggressive offense even as some concede confirmation uphill battle (Original Post)
hlthe2b
Oct 2018
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wryter2000
(46,051 posts)1. They're not unsubstantiated
They're very well substantiated.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)2. They no longer negotiate, nor do they know how to negotiate anymore
Everything is attack, attack, attack. There's no negotiation, no trade-offs, just aggression. If they aren't turned out in November, they'll redouble their efforts.
eleny
(46,166 posts)3. "White House could not afford to set a standard that would allow unsubstantiated allegations ..."
They won't let a fair investigation be conducted to learn if there's substantiation. This is such bull.
OhNo-Really
(3,985 posts)4. SCOTUS Bar requires NO Perjury. There's ample proof of Kav perjury