At the risk of sounding like a hack, I'm going to go ahead and point out the fact that only 9 Republican Senators crossed over and voted for a centrist, experienced SCOTUS nominee---and the rest didn't because, in their own coded words, no way would they vote for a woman of color---is some bullshit. Not because the Republicans are so partisan, exactly. Yes, because they're so incredibly racist and sexist, but not because they're so partisan, and there's no way to know if they wouldn't have voted right down similar lines against a white man, and if racism/sexism was just their excuse and and a cheap way to pander to their voting base.
