BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Members of the House of Representatives have no say in whether professor Christine Blasey Ford’s accusations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh sink his Supreme Court nomination. But as much as the contentious confirmation fight over Kavanaugh played out on television screens across the country on Thursday [9-27-18] has put vulnerable Democratic senators in the spotlight, it may be at-risk House Republicans who ultimately feel the most heat. The counter-intuitive dynamic is rooted in the midterms map: Whereas many of the key Senate battlegrounds are deeply Republican states where President Donald Trump won handily in 2016, the fight for the House is taking place in suburban districts in states like California, Pennsylvania and New York — areas with high proportions of college-educated women who could be particularly moved by Ford’s allegations and her emotional testimony to the Senate…While some Republicans said a capable House candidate would come out of this debate unscathed, other party operatives fear the spectacle that engulfed the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday could deepen misgivings among voters — particularly women — about the Republican Party, which has consistently underperformed in generic polling leading during this midterm election cycle.”
–Rebecca Berg and Dan Merica, “How the fight over Kavanaugh in the Senate could more directly impact the race for House,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, September 27, 2018 8:14 pm