BRETT KAVANAUGH/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republicans lost dozens of House seats and the majority in that chamber Tuesday [11-6-18], while simultaneously expanding their control of the Senate. At least one factor in those countervailing results is Brett Kavanaugh. While now-Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh, like Trump, was not popular in the country as a whole — 43% approved of his Supreme Court nomination, according to CNN’s national exit polls — it’s also true that majorities of voters in those key states where Democrats lost Senate races said his nomination was a factor in their decision. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday the confirmation process woke up Republican voters…Just one Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, voted for Kavanaugh’s confirmation. And while more than half of voters said Manchin’s vote for Kavanaugh was not important to them, 60% said it was a factor in their decision. Manchin won those voters 56%-39%.”
–Z. Byron Wolf, “Republicans’ midterms secret weapon? Brett Kavanaugh.,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, November 7, 2018 9:34 pm