Role reversal on today's Morning Joe? Joe Scarborough and Donny Deutsch took a hard line on Brett Kavanaugh. But Mika Brzezinski suggested that the statute of limitations serve as a guide to dealing with the accusations, and warned Dems against playing "dirty" on the Kavanaugh confirmation.
Singling out Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, Scarborough warned that any Republican supporting Kavanaugh would be forever "branded" for voting to confirm the Justice casting the deciding vote on Roe v. Wade.
Donny Deutsch took it a dramatic step further, declaring: "I believe Kavanaugh is dead at this point. I would be shocked if he was ever a Supreme Court Justice."
A surprised Mika could be heard reacting: "gosh!"
Brzezinski's shock at the prospect that Kavanaugh's confirmation could be doomed was in line with her earlier suggestion:
"People look to the law for parameters as to how to put something into context, and there are reasons--correct me if I am wrong--for statutes of limitations. And it's why I asked you [Ben Wittes of Lawfare blog] ] earlier if there are legal implications here and you said no, there are none."
And after Deutsch predicted Kavanaugh's confirmation demise, Mika responded:
"There are a lot of reasons, perhaps, not to confirm Brett Kavanaugh. But if the Dems play really dirty on this, I don't think that's good for politics and for both sides."
