SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 9:30 P.M. ET:

THE KAVANAUGH FARCE – We're supposed to be on pins and needles waiting for Thursday, when the judge's main accuser, Christine Ford, and Judge Kavanaugh himself, are scheduled to testify.  Still, as yesterday, there is no guarantee that Ford will show up, as her lawyer has all kinds of grievances with the Senate Judiciary Committee and with every man who has ever been born.  The committee has scheduled a vote on Kavanaugh's confirmation for Friday morning, something that also has the Ford forces upset.  Majority Leader McConnell has asked senators to hang around this weekend, meaning there could be a vote in the full Senate on Judge Kavanaugh.  The key here is that there is no guarantee he'll be confirmed.  There are three or four votes in doubt.

IS RUSH RIGHT? – Rush Limbaugh is saying that if Republicans can't push Judge Kavanaugh through to a confirmation, they will lose Congress in November because angry members of the GOP base will stay home.  I'm not so sure.  It's possible, just possible, that furious Republicans will storm the polls to block a Democratic takeover and make sure that the Kavanaugh farce is not repeated.  Indeed, I can see President Trump leading the charge.  He's great at that.  "Justice for Brett, justice for America!"  We hope it won't be necessary.

WELL, LOOK AT THIS – FROM BREITBART:   A plurality of Latino voters are “less likely to vote” for a candidate in the 2018 midterm elections who supports abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Talmud poll.  The poll, released on Sunday, found that 36% of Hispanic voters said they are “less likely to vote” for a candidate who “favors abolishing ICE” while 33% said they are “more likely to vote.” Another 26% said there is “no difference” and 5% said they were “not sure.”  After Democratic-Socialist candidate Alexandria Occasion won a primary against a longtime incumbent Democrat on a platform that included abolishing ICE, Democrats like Se ns. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Kirsten Hillenbrand (D-NY) jumped on board and called for ICE to be abolished.  Hispanics have the same safety concerns as anyone else.  This survey should dispel the notion that all Hispanics think alike. 

September 25, 2018