Article snippet: The TAKE with Rick Klein It will all be on full display – in a fight the Democratic base craves, even if the outcome is all but certain – on Wednesday when Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing turns to questions from senators. Kavanaugh’s confirmation is unlikely to be determined by concerns over documents or transparency. And the 2020 Democratic race won’t be settled by lectures from or interruptions by presidential hopefuls on the Senate Judiciary Committee. But Democrats looking for ways to engage voters could do worse than to have a national public airing of the stakes. That very much includes questions of executive power and its use by President Donald Trump. “If you want to pick judges,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told his Democratic colleagues Tuesday afternoon, “you better win.” It was meant as something of a taunt. It could also be read as a challenge. The RUNDOWN with Adam Kelsey The pre-race comparison was easy and so it dominated the storyline as Election Day approached: A white, male incumbent congressman representing an urban East coast district since the late '90s faces an upset by a younger, minority woman running on a progressive platform. But make no mistake, Ayanna Pressley is not Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The campaign of Pressley, long eyed as a rising star in Boston Democratic circles, didn't explode from activist circles and catch her challenger and the party off-guard, like that of Ocasio-Cortez... Link to the full article to read more