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Way -- >> you could tell when he went out that night, that he had seen internal polling that told him this is broken. two days before, three days before,ers timid as a mouse. or as some would say a baby. let's listen to both sides and i don't know if i'll support kavanaugh. mid-week it was starting to break. we were all feeling it. talking about it. suddenly then he decided to attack dr. ford. >> he wasn't ahead of it. he didn't transform the political moment. he was riding the political wave of a political moment. he does that. that's why, you know, he increasingly has done that and i think w...

I wanted to ask you about that senate race in particular. i think we have a fox news poll basically tied with claire mchaskill is the 46 and josh holly at 45. now they're both at 46. why do you think this race is still so close as we get so near the midterm? >> dana, this is one of those races that the kavanaugh vote, the confirmation will have a huge impact. the race is close, almost tied. hawley is one of the candidates that's bet his fortune on getting kavanaugh confirmed and on the supreme court, played a big role in midterm politics. he's been for kavanaugh. he was a clerk for john robert...

The republicans. how long are we going to see this narrative, especially leading up to it and will there be space for the other issue to take center stage? >> oh, yeah, yeah. i think the kavanaugh situation is going to come down measurably in the next few days. until this point democrats have had a huge advantage over republicans. it's only normal that republicans would sort of come back home in the weeks leading up to the midterms, so it's normal that you would see the enthusiasm come up anyway. we do think some enthusiasm additionally was raised because of the kavanaugh fight and it was some...

Lead me to conclude that the allegations failed to meet be more likely than not standard. therefore i do not believe that these charges can fairly prevent judge kavanaugh from serving on the court. >> reporter: collins had been under enorms pressure in weeks, facing angry protesters storming her office, forcing her to be escorted by police who stopped even reporters from approaching her. the senator interrupted at the beginning of her speech. >> the sergeant in arms will suspend. >> reporter: senator joe mansion, a red state democrat also announcing his intent to support kavanaugh as protests ...

Some of those already on the court. elena kagan, for example, had hired him for a job in the past. that will be a transition that will be watched if the vote goes as planned. so far in the white house it's been a restrained response because it isn't over until it's over. there have been tweets from the president and vice president thanking those who support kavanaugh. in to e pika, kansas, we would expect he would be wanting to talk about his victory in the supreme court, one that has been difficult for everyone involved. richard? >> all right. nbc white house correspondent kelly o'donnell. th...