Possible Senate Votes for Kavanaugh - No Warm and Fuzzy Feelings No FBI Investigation: Flake = NO , Murkowski = NO  (vote count: 47-52) Heidtkamp = Yes? , Manchin = Yes? (vote count: 49-50) Collins = ? Flake doesn't care about midterm results as he is leaving anyway. Murkowski is weak. Will most likely follow Flake as she thinks the Republicans will lose the midterms and it will preserve her seat as a RINO. Heidtkamp and Manchin do care about midterms and will be taking a gamble with their vote. If they vote Yes and it helps them win in November, they keep their precious seats. If Democrats take back congress, they will move to impeach Trump and Kavanaugh if he is confirmed. If the Republicans keep congress, a yes vote doesn't hurt Heidtkamp or Manchin either way. However, if they vote NO they risk losing in the midterms and I suspect the Republicans will launch a political MOAB campaign against them both. A negotiated YES is the safe play for both. That really leaves the Collins question mark. . . If she votes YES along with Heidtkamp and Manchin, then Flake and Murkowski are neutralized, making it a 50-50 tie and Pence to cast the deciding vote. If the Senate agrees with the FBI Investigation, more salacious accusations will arise and Kavanaugh will be declared DOA, as a never-ending wave of "new" investigations will be demanded by the Democrats, and we will head into the midterms with SCOTUS up in the air, which is what the Democrats have wanted since 2016. Grassley's kowtowing for weeks on end will prove to be costly. TRUST GRASSLEY???? TRUST WRAY? McConnell and Trump have their arm-twisting and negotiating work cut out for them over the weekend.  I guess we will see if Christopher Wray comes out of the closet and shuts down the investigation before it even starts, thus taking the wind right out of the Democrat sails and removing objections for FFFFFFLake, Murkowski and Collins. Now that would be a Q Proof of epic proportions. EDIT: All 4 weaklings have sided with FFFFFFFlake.  What will Wray do?  TRUST WRAY? October Surprise? Reset your Allegations Clock!