McConnell will only bring the vote to the floor...if..he...has...the...votes.

[Ninga]

He will not let this fail on the Senate floor....

What next?

[irresistable]

1. withdrawal

[sunonmars]

2. I think after this, plenty of GOPers will demand withdrawl, i think he's screwed.

[still_one]

3. of course, it was always that way no matter what was said

[beachbum bob]

4. We will know after the hearing....

right now many GOP'ers are asking for a full investigation and niether grassley or trump want the coverup revealed

[qazplm135]

5. not sure that's true

he might feel the best of a bad situation is to have the vote so he can say he tried, and let the blame fall on the Rs voting no.

[hlthe2b]

6. He's getting pressure (or at least he was) to do so regardless just to keep a promise, so....

Is your info recent or your opinion only?

[Ninga]

8. His vow to push him through makes him a failure if Kavanaugh losses the vote. Nt

[hlthe2b]

11. I agree that is how he's always approached votes in the past, but given the $$donors and Evangelical

key players have given R's an ultimatum, it has been reported that Turtle face may prefer to lose a (hopefully for him) close vote to show they (supposedly) gave it their "all" than to pull it.

I think that speculation may be less likely now, but I haven't heard anything recently to suggest otherwise.

[mythology]

7. Like he did with the ACA repeal?

Mitch McConnell's reputation as a shrewd strategist is vastly overblown.

[marylandblue]

9. McCain deliberately screwed him on ACA

That won't happen this time. Two Repubs will tell him no and he will stop the vote.

[gratuitous]

10. That's the conventional thinking

I have read rumors that McConnell didn't really want Judge Kreepazoid put forward as the nominee for this vacancy. McConnell's been a loyal underling to the White House so far, but if the rumor is true, McConnell's enough of a rat bastard that he would bring the nomination to a floor vote and let Judge Kreepazoid get voted down.

Here's my thinking, keeping in mind McConnell's inherent rat bastardness: Kreepazoid loses his vote, goes back to his sinecure on the DC Circuit, and picks up where he left off. Privately, McConnell goes to a chastened White House and tells them they need to listen to him next time about nominations. Publicly, McConnell blames Democrats for Kreepazoid's failure, and he cries some crocodile tears about what a horrible thing has been done to this good man. To the donor base, he has a Bork for a new generation to gin up the outrage and victimization that is the province of the wealthy when they don't get their way.

[Cognitive_Resonance]

12. A floor vote at this point seems impossible. It would fail...bigly. nt