Article snippet: The TAKE with Rick Klein Now it’s really on – and then some, and then some again. The battle for Justice Anthony Kennedy’s swing seat on the Supreme Court will play out with different rules governing a familiar game. The man now at the center of this fight relishes the combat, doesn’t care about the old rules anyway and knows he’s facing down opponents with few good options. It’s trite to say the stakes could not be higher, but it’s true. There’s enough justified concern out there to make the battles of the last 18 months seem like warm-up acts for a hot summer. It’s also trite to say that elections have consequences, but that’s also true. President Donald Trump gets to make this choice, and he has a GOP Senate majority — and a worried crop of red-state Democrats up for re-election — to ratify his choice, barring something unexpected. The Democrats have a waking nightmare along with a bad hand that they could play into something worse. What may help their chances in House races may hurt them in the Senate, with an already restive base primed for the fight of all fights with Trump on any number of fronts. It all means more tensions or worse for a divided nation. Much more than a divided court is in the balance. The RUNDOWN with John Verhovek Republicans had their eyes set on the U.S. Senate seat held by North Dakota Democrat Heidi Heitkamp long before Donald Trump ever came on the political scene, but last night the president wasted no time in ... Link to the full article to read more