Democrats like McCaskill caught between ‘historic stakes’ and immediate politics on Kavanaugh nomination
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Her re-election chances this fall could depend heavily on how she votes on the nomination, how she explains that vote, and how her Republican foes frame it against her long-standing claims that she is a centrist, not beholden to her party's leftward-moving liberal wing.
These conflicting impulses define the
McCaskill is a heavy favorite to win her party's nomination, while Attorney General
McCaskill has already been attacked on her opposition to Trump's 2017 nominee,
She said Tuesday that the fact that she has voted to approve nearly eight out of 10 Trump nominees to lower courts proves she takes each case on merit.
"I am going to look at his record. I am going to be very diligent," McCaskill said. "I am going to go through all of his writings. I am going to visit with him, obviously, and then I am going to make a decision on what is right.
"Anyone who thinks you can make some purely political decision on this is not being realistic about a state like
Hawley will greet Vice President
McCaskill "refuses to abandon (Senate Democratic Leader)
If McCaskill opposes Kavanaugh,
If she votes for Kavanaugh, she risks alienating her left wing while being vulnerable to
Representatives of several groups, including
"In recent years, the
Democratic leaders are not making it any easier on their red-state incumbents, like McCaskill, and Sens.
Recent polling by the political site Axios showed McCaskill and Hawley essentially tied in
The legislative math is this:
The electoral math is this: If Democrats lose one or more of those
Meanwhile, Democratic
"Replacing Justice (Anthony)
But the choice of Kavanaugh is not a slam-dunk defense for
He was born inside the
How Kavanaugh relates to
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