Article snippet: The question for Republicans, as they press forward with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, is whether they risk alienating female voters for years — and just in time for this year’s midterms. Progressives are certain the GOP will end up on the losing side, pointing to intense outrage over the likely confirmation of a judge to the Supreme Court despite compelling testimony from Christine Blasey Ford, who says he sexually assaulted her decades ago. “I think the Republicans are going to lose women for a generation,” said Karine Jean-Pierre, a senior adviser and national spokeswoman for MoveOn, a progressive group. Speaking on Friday evening, and referring to the questioning of Ford and Kavanaugh before the Senate Judiciary Committee the previous day, Jean-Pierre added: “Women are not going to forget what happened yesterday — they are not going to forget it tomorrow and not in November,” when the midterm elections take place. Republican and Trump loyalists see things entirely differently. Many contend that Kavanaugh is the victim of a partisan plot to derail him. More broadly, they note that MORE’s 11-point deficit against former President Obama. The confirmation of Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court would be a huge victory for conservatives, tilting the court to the right for years to come. He would also become Trump’s second nominee to be confirmed, after Neil Gorsuch last year, giving the most polarizing president of recent times a judicial legacy that would l... Link to the full article to read more