re: #264 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

If they back down on Kavanaugh, the GOP loses face and loses votes among its base.

If they approve him, they lose votes from the rest of the electorate.

I assume they will just damn the torpedoes and vote him in

Most will, yes. The question is whether there are at least two GOP senators who can be pressured into voting no. Perhaps if a critical number of credible witnesses come forward against Kavanaugh, Collins, Murkowski and/or Flake may flip. There are three women now; each one who comes forward, along with other details about Kavanaugh’s hedonistic lifestyle coming to light, increases the pressure on those three.