Kavanaugh becomes a new flashpoint at halfway, defined by anger

One of the most intense mid-term election campaigns of recent years is becoming more cruel as a result of a partisan fight against the Supreme Court judge. Brett KavanaughCollins' Brett Michael Kavanaugh's Kavanaugh vote triggers calls for boycott of Maine products, the NRA spokesman for tourism mocks, Booker: does he work with GOP to help increase voter turnout? A parody song mocking the "scary time" in men becomes viral MORE it deeply angered the Conservatives and the Liberals.

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The Liberals are furious that Kavanaugh, a potentially crucial vote on the right to abortion and other issues, has been confirmed despite what they view as credible allegations of sexual assault against him, what he denied. Democratic House candidates believe the issue will help attract the votes of suburban women who are already going in their direction.

The trend toward a more polarized political landscape has been going on for a long time, said Michael Steel, former advisor to the former president. John BoehnerJohn Andrew BoehnerJuan Williams: The GOP can not govern Trump and his son signal their support for McCarthy as the next president Under attack: Because we do not vote Republican MORE (R-Ohio), noting that the divisions were motivated by demographic changes, social changes and the rapid development of technologies.

But he noted that Trump had exacerbated this increasingly partisan dynamic since the 2016 elections. Trump has stunned the political world by winning the White House despite a number of controversial incidents, including the leak of the tape "Access Hollywood" that had led many people from his party to denounce him at the time.

"The polarization is real. That's a big historical trend, and President Trump is both a symptom and a cause, "Steel told The Hill, saying the prospect of a democratically controlled Congress would drive Republicans to the polls in November.

The Kavanaugh struggle has amplified these divisions in the midst of a campaign already characterized by bitter rhetoric and by candidates seeking to expand their respective bases.

In the Senate, where Republicans seek to defend and strengthen their majority from age 51 to 49, the Supreme Court has become the centerpiece of the Missouri Attorney General's Senate campaign, Josh Hawley, which aims to overthrow McCaskill, who has voted against the appointment of Kavanaugh.

Hawley expressed his support for Kavanaugh as soon as the judge was appointed by Trump. He recently doubled his message by accusing Democrats of what he described as a "circus" surrounding the confirmation process.

After Kavanaugh's confirmation, the Republican now warns voters about the ramifications of a majority in the Democratic Senate.

"The goal of a Democratic majority is to cancel the election results of 2016 and annul the results of the Trump administration," Hawley said in a statement. a statement issued at the end of a teleconference with reporters Monday.

Hawley called on McCaskill to "set aside partisanship" on this issue and support actions such as his request for special counsel to investigate the treatment of the accusations by Democrats. But McCaskill accused Hawley of being the one who raised partisanship in politics.

"That's what a supporter does, and what causes the problem in the first place," McCaskill said in a recent statement.

Kavanaugh's confirmation has also become a major flashpoint in other Red States. In the Indiana Senate debate on Monday night, the Supreme Court quickly attracted attention, revealing one of the biggest differences between Donnelly, Kavanaugh's opponent, and Republican Mike Braun.

And Montana state auditor Matt Rosendale, who challenges Tester, is advertising against Democratic senators for "Liberal slander" against Kavanaugh.

But the Supreme Court fracture could perhaps have the greatest coaching effect in North Dakota, where Heitkamp defends a Trump seat with 36 points.

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In an interview with the New York Times last weekend, Cramer questioned the "Me Too" movement, claiming that it was "a movement of victimization" and deploring that "you're just supposed to believe", women and men who lay charges. of sexual misconduct.

Heitkamp responded to Cramer's remarks, expressing reservations about his suggestion that the movement was transforming otherwise strong women into victims. She stated that her own mother had been a victim of sexual assault in adolescence.

"I want you to write this here, it did not make my mother any less strong than she was a victim," she said. "She became stronger and she made us strong. And to say that this movement does not make women stronger and stronger is really regrettable. "

While Kavanaugh shifts the wheels in the Senate, the Democrats believe that it will resonate differently in the battle for the House, where party candidates have the intention of channeling fury on the confirmation of justice while They are looking to reverse the 23 seats they need to check in November.

Protesters – many of them women – staged several demonstrations that took hold of the rise of anti-Kavanaugh fury, which they see as an extension of the Me Too movement.

For the Democrats, the path to the House goes directly through outlying areas, where moderate voters and voters can be upset by the charges against Kavanaugh and the way some Republicans have rejected the Me Too movement.

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Kavanaugh's rhetoric has landed in the midst of a mid-term election cycle already defined by rampant partisanship.

A survey conducted in August by the Pew Research Center found that about 8 out of 10 respondents thought that Democratic and Republican voters were not just disagreeing on plans and policies, but also on facts fundamentals. And a Pew poll released late last month found that 72 percent of registered voters said the question of which party controlled Congress would be counted in their November vote.

During the primary season, the two parties named a handful of extreme populists from the political spectrum, suggesting an appetite for more ideologically aggressive candidates among the party's main voters.

In the governorship races in Florida and Georgia, the Democrats named two insurgent progressives, Andrew Gillum and Stacey Abrams, while the Republicans appealed to the former Dem. Ron DeSantisRonald Dion DeSantisFlorida Candidates Suspend Their Campaigns As Storm Approaches The Hill's Morning Report – Presented by PhRMA – The Kavanaugh's worry electrifying grassroots voters until mid-race (R-Fla.) And Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, two uncompromising Conservatives who have allied themselves closely with Trump.

This same dynamic played in the governor's races in Kansas and Maryland.

This partisanship played a role in general election messaging. Candidates are still adapting their messages to defile the base, which they believe will provide them with crucial mid-term victories, where participation is generally lower.

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Meanwhile, Trump, which still breeds strong divisions among voters, is hardly moving back.

The president has planned a series of rallies during the last four weeks of the mid-term campaign, during which he should double his message: voting for Democrats in November is not an option.

While he is surprised by several GOP candidates this year, he has chosen to elect more Republicans to implement his agenda, claiming that the Red State Democrats who consider themselves bipartisan will not work in behind the scenes.

Both party strategists say the line of attack that Democrats have adopted a radical agenda to obstruct Trump should be touted by more Republicans as Election Day approaches.

But Democrats are ready to take the opposite approach, making Kavanaugh's confirmation an affront to voters and women's rights.

"Republicans may have saved the Senate; Kavanaugh's fight activated the GOP base, "said Democratic strategist Brad Bannon. "The question in the next 28 days is, now that [the confirmation] if it installs, will it give another shock to the Democratic base in the same way that the fight shook the GOP base?