NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Sen. Angus King announced his opposition to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Wednesday [9-12-18]…He joins a handful of senators, including New Hampshire Democratic Sens. Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen and Virginia Democratic Sens. Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, in declaring themselves ‘no’ on Kavanaugh…Most Democrats are expected to oppose Kavanaugh, whom Republicans expect to have confirmed to the Supreme Court in time for its next term, which starts Oct. 1. A key group of moderate senators, however, remains undecided. The list includes Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and vulnerable Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Joe Donnelly of Indiana and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota. Each of the three Democrats backed President Donald Trump’s first Supreme court pick, Neil Gorsuch, last year and are up for reelection in states the president won by double digits in 2016.”
–Nolan D. McCaskill, “Sen. King to vote ‘no’ on Kavanaugh,” Politico, September 12, 2018 4:50 pm