All eyes on Romney, Grassley and Gardner as Supreme Court confirmation fight looms over the Senate.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Senators were set to return to Washington on Monday with a Supreme Court confirmation fight looming, as Republican leaders weighed the timing of a vote to fill the vacancy left by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

With President Trump vowing to name a replacement by the weekend, Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the majority leader, was working behind the scenes to lock up the support he would need to proceed before Inauguration Day — and possibly before the Nov. 3 election.

Two Republican senators, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine, have publicly objected to the idea of a vote before Election Day, meaning Mr. McConnell could only afford to lose one more member of his party, given his slim, 53-to-47 majority.

Attention was focused on Senators Mitt Romney of Utah, Cory Gardner of Colorado and Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, who were seen as possible holdouts but had said nothing publicly about their intentions.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/all-eyes-on-romney-grassley-and-gardner-as-supreme-court-confirmation-fight-looms-over-the-senate/ar-BB19goba?li=BBnb7Kz

Romney maybe. I don't expect Grassley to be anything other than the asshole he usually is.

[Thekaspervote]

1. Yes, Romney hates dotard, but his Mormonism says no to RvW. Not sure he will fold

[Iliyah]

2. I do not have any faith in the republicans . .

[wryter2000]

3. Grassley, really?

Maybe the other two, but I sincerely doubt it.

[kentuck]

4. Gardner?

That would be a surprise!

[JT45242]

5. If you are looking for spines in Republicans...

then you are wasting your time.

Grassley will back Trump.

The only thing that sway gardner is if internal polling shows that it will definitively lose his re-election if he does.

That gets you to 50-50 and then Pence casts the deciding vote.

They will wait until november 4 to do it...because they are not only spineless; they are duplicitous.

[OnDoutside]

6. Spare your oxygen, this is a done deal.

[Sneederbunk]

7. .....

[Statistical]

8. The continual focus on "election day" by the media is just playing into the Republican double speak

If they hold the vote a week after election day and every Republican votes in favor is that somehow better.

The vulnerable Republicans don't want the vote before election day because it will hurt them with moderates and if they are vulnerable it is because they need moderate/independent votes to put themselves over the top.

If any reporter that isn't brain dead when they get a quote about not until after election day should immediately follow up with will you commit to not voting for confirmation until after inauguration day. I imagine it would be <crickets crickets>.

[jorgevlorgan]

9. Only one more? They don't assume pence would be a tie breaker?