Evidence of the Ford-Kavanaugh Backlash

CALLER: So I just wanted to express, first of all, my political affiliation is I’ve never been too involved in the political scene until these last couple years. I’ve always seen the argument on both sides of the table a lot of times. But recently in the past few years, I’ve had just absolute disgust of what the left is doing and their tactics. And I’ve never registered to vote. I’ve never really had too strong of an opinion. But literally seconds after I saw Kavanaugh’s opening statement, I went straight to register to vote.

RUSH: Now we’ll play for you a couple of audio sound bites. This is John Harwood. John Harwood is a liberal Democrat member of the press. Been at the Wall Street Journal, been at the New York Times, CNBC, wherever he’s needed to advance the leftist agenda, Harwood goes. Today he appeared on CNBC’s Power Lunch. And this just a little bit of his report about the impact of the Kavanaugh nomination on the midterms elections.

HARWOOD: This Kavanaugh nomination controversy has sent an electric charge through the midterm campaign, and right now it appears to be benefiting the Republicans the most. Here in Florida, Bill Nelson, the veteran Democratic incumbent, is leading by just one percentage point in this recent Mason-Dixon poll. Rick Scott, the former health care CEO turned governor of Florida. But if the voters that we talked to about this Kavanaugh nomination are any indication, Rick Scott may get a benefit from angry Republicans who are fired up by this issue.

Everything that we predicted is coming to pass on the Democrat side. Now, as to the blue wave, purple wave, red wave, and this kind of thing, NPR has a poll out there. “Just over a month away from critical elections across the [fruited plain], the wide Democratic enthusiasm advantage that has defined the 2018 campaign up to this point has disappeared, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.”

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