I don’t want to alarm you people, but it sounds like Jeff Flake may be flaking again over the Kavanaugh vote coming Saturday.
The Atlantic writer Elaina Plott is reporting that Flake is “still having issues” and Republicans are working with him on it.
I’m told by source with direct knowledge that Flake is “still having issues” and that some colleagues are trying to “walk him through them.” Sen Coons tells me just now that Flake reached out to him and asked if they could speak at length later.
— Elaina Plott (@elainaplott) October 4, 2018
—Thursday: Senators read FBI report. My source tells me Flake is “still having issues.” What issues? I ask. “I honestly don’t know anymore. Have you ever seen Hamlet?”
— Elaina Plott (@elainaplott) October 4, 2018
Yeesh. Sounds serious.
Flake said earlier today that the FBI report showed “no additional corroborating information”, which sounds good. But don’t count your chickens before they hatch. Flake often lives up to his name, as we’ve seen.
And of course Democrats are hoping to completely flip him…
https://twitter.com/LevNovak/status/1047932101838999552
BREAKING: Survivors sitting-in at @JeffFlake’s Phoenix office to share their stories and demand that he commit to vote NO on Kavanaugh. They are refusing to leave the office until Flake meets their demand or they are arrested. #BeAHeroFlake #StopKavanaugh https://t.co/i5vSDTWqPE
— Erika Andiola (@ErikaAndiola) October 4, 2018
There is another theory about Flake going around…
Keep in mind this could simply be posturing on Flake’s part, doesn’t want it to seem easy....
— Dennis Herring (@dcherring) October 4, 2018
If Flake were up for reelection that might make more sense. But he has nothing to lose so I’m not sure what posturing would do for him at this point.
UPDATE: Jim Geraghty must’ve read my post. He believes Flake will get a TON of stuff he if votes no against Kavanaugh:
If Flake votes yes, protesters accuse him of supporting rape for the rest of his life. If he votes no, he gets the JFK Profile in Courage Award, the teaching gig at Harvard, the MSNBC gig and the big book deal "Flake, Not Flaky: Conscience and Justice in Trump's America" pic.twitter.com/eVWshp6NxP
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) October 4, 2018
Yep, he’s probably right about this. Ugh.