for him.
Stupid as shit for them to do though because its not like Trump will be denied the ability to make a new nomination if Kavanaughs fails.

because he won't have the votes until that report is released

I think they either cut their losses and blame the Clintons (why not, everyone else seems to want to), or else they have something on Flake and the one or two other "renegades" powerful enough to immunize them against whatever storm they know will come if they vote to confirm.

Either way, I think the closer the mid-terms loom, the more the Republicans desperately want Kavanawful out of the headlines. Personally, I don't think he disappears nearly as quickly if he is confirmed, so I think that there's a good chance that if McTurtle really holds the vote this week, it is an indication he is willing to let their boy go down "for the greater good."

Repupblicans in tight races next months will certainly be breathing a sigh of relief if Kavanawful shrivels up and goes away ASAP.

where he belong.

He is just trying to look like he has complete control and is unconcerned. All about the image and message control. The GOP needs to control the narrative.

From his past practices, if the votes aren't there, then he won't hold the vote (yet)- especially if it is for something that he wants.

The next candidate I believe will be Judge Amy Bennett. She is so extreme she will make Kavanaugh look like a extreme liberal in comparison. Check her out. She is the member of a Catholic group called People of Praise. They are right at home with the snake handers with speaking in tongues and faith healing. They are Catholic fringe group that operates their own junior-senior high schools. She was raised in this charismatic-evangelical society of about 2,000 members in which her father was a leader.

Not doubting that she holds extreme religious beliefs...but usually Evangelicals in my experience are Protestants of one flavor or another and Catholics are...well, Catholic.

For disclosure, I was raised in the Catholic Church, attended a Catholic grade school and a Catholic Lay-person run High School / Prep School...I eventually attained the age of reason and independence from my parents and thus am an ex-Catholic...

They hold many of the same beliefs as those defined as those held by evangelicals and Pentecostals. I had a bother-in-law and his wife who became involved for a brief time with the group. They went to a national rally held at Notre Dame where thousands attended. This movement came into being shortly after Vatican II when there was a rash of experimentation. It had a rather short surge of popularity and the movement has dissipated for the most part.

Some regard the People of Praise group to be cult based on the testimony of some who have left the movement. It seems to share some aspects with Opus Dei with Pentecostal influences. Its members are strict traditionalists and obedient to the dictates of the Catholic Church dogma without question. If she follows her adherence to Catholic dogma without reservation then she would, in my opinion, be a greater threat than Kavanaugh. I find little difference in their attempts to dictate and impose their moral dogmas on the entirety of society as an attempt to establish a theocracy.

That kind of ‘endless delay’?

decades and criminal Mitch McConnell doesn't have a couple days to flesh out rape allegations.

Wondering if the holdout Republicans have told him they are a "yes"

n/t

He's right, so why doesn't he stop?

does not happen, and the GOP senators like Flake or Collins do not insist, then kavanaugh will be confirmed...