CHuck Grassley's whip count short as of late afternoon with four GOPers undecided

[hlthe2b]

Link to tweet

Undecided GOPers believed to be Flake, Collins, Murkowski, and either or both of Corey Gardner (CO) or Ben Sasse (NE)

Manchin (D, WV) is also uncommitted.

Also of note is that if the vote were to occur too close to Saturday, this GOPer would not be present:

Link to tweet

[Iliyah]

1. oops

[eleny]

2. Sounds like the undecided Rs are hoping Kavanaugh will drop out

[PoorMonger]

3. Some corrections

Nebraska state abbreviation is NE. And Manchin is from West Virginia, not Kentucky

[hlthe2b]

4. Yes... corrected... it is hard to get the twitter embeds correct along with any commentary

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Cornyn is supposed to be the Majority Whip so why is Grassley doing it?

[hlthe2b]

7. Guess, he feels he needs to as well as head of Judiciary. He's surely been Trump lackey on this

Or perhaps Cornyn had conveyed the info to Grassley.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. But the old crackpot already rushed to successfully vote it OUT of his committee

So it's no longer HIS problem.

[NewJeffCT]

6. So, if Daines is not present

that means it is 50-49 Republicans. So, the Democrats would only need to hold onto Manchin and swing one Republican, as Pence only breaks ties.

[BigmanPigman]

9. Yep, it is NOT over!

RESIST!

[NewJeffCT]

10. If it looks like that might happen

I'd look for McConnell to delay the vote so he can return

[BigmanPigman]

11. And the voices in opposition will only get louder

and the bodies stronger. There is an ongoing protest "Filibuster Kavanaugh" in DC until the final vote. People are prepared to stay and more are traveling to the area and organizing other PROTESTS as I write.

[EffieBlack]

12. McConnell's not going to lose this because of a missing Senator. He'll hold the vote over

if he needs Daines' vote.

[NewJeffCT]

16. Probably, but

Let's say that Mitch knows it's over for Kavanaugh. Rather than drag it out for a few more days to bring Daines back and then maybe a day or two more of debate, he pushes to get the vote now knowing it's a rejection. Trump then decides to nominate somebody else in a week or two to get the GOP base re-fired up, and then McConnell tries to ram through the nominee during the lame duck session?

[EffieBlack]

17. Yes, that's possible

[Scurrilous]

13. ...

[beveeheart]

14. I've been trying to get through to Gardner for days

and have not been able to.

[hlthe2b]

15. I called the number on the tweet and spoke with Christina around 5:30 ET today

Link to tweet

She was very pleasant and the call went right through