Daily Roundtable for September, 29, 2018: Only 38 Days Until The November 6th Election

It’s hard to say. Things are so chaotic because Trump is so stupid. Kavanaugh was never on the shortlist but Trump picked him for his views on executive power and his deeply partisan nature. Then the Republicans made a big hoopla about no FBI investigation being necessary and then they quickly relented in the face of pressure. It was probably incredibly surprising that Trump approved the investigation when I’m pretty sure he was adamant about not having one before as that’s what Kavanaugh also wanted from his evasiveness during his testimony.

I don’t think Trump understands how this all works at all and how unnecessarily shaky this confirmation has been. He could’ve gotten his nominee on the court by now had he picked off McConnell’s short list.

But trump’s incompetence and profound lack of empathy (in failing to anticipate how even republican women would respond to the gop attempt to brush aside kavanaugh’s accusers) did him in.

Kavanaugh may very well become a justice but immense political damage was done unnecessarily to the gop and more importantly to our nation’s institutions.

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