My prediction: Naah. But that doesn’t mean that Robert Kennedy’s nomination for HHS Secretary has run aground — yet. RFK has yet to start meeting with senators in advance of his confirmation process, and those meetings can tend to shore up weaknesses, both substantive and political. Just ask Pete Hegseth and Joni Ernst … especially the latter.
That doesn’t mean that Kennedy will get an easy ride to confirmation. Politico has that much correct in their report about his shaky status among Senate Republicans:
At least three closely watched senators are noncommittal about confirming the vaccine critic, who’s being considered to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Those include swing votes like Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, as well as Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a physician who will chair a committee that could…
