Info from Maddow that I didn't know, although maybe lots of you did: Murkowski was previously primaried from the right, and lost the R nom. She had to run as a write-in, and would have lost if not for the support of native Alaskans, who she told "I will fight for you as long as I am able."
Anchorage Daily News and Alaskan websites do indicate that native Alaskans are putting pressure on Murkowski to reject Kavanaugh, not only due to his record against minority rights and personal comments disparaging minority programs, but due to a specific local issue, the case of Surgeon vs Frost. This case will be reviewed by the Supreme Court in November, and could end up terminating native Alaskan subsistence fishing rights, which is a big issue for them.
A recent poll from Harstad Strategies (538 B+) of Alaskans in general shows that:
63% of Alaskans disagree (vs 31% agree) with Kavanaugh's position that Presidents should not be subject to civil lawsuits, criminal indictments, or criminal investigations while in office.
73% of Alaskans think it is extremely or very important (vs 16% somewhat or not important) that the next Supreme Court Justice be independent of Trump’s influence and committed to holding him accountable.
65% of Alaskans want to uphold Roe vs Wade (vs 22% want to overturn it).
Initially 44% of Alaskans favored Kavanaugh's confirmation vs 42% opposed it.
After being given more information on some of Kavanaugh's likely positions (biased info?), only 39% favored Kavanaugh's confirmation vs 54% opposed it.
Then asked, if Murkowski voted against Kavanaugh, how they would feel about Murkowski, 43% said more favorable, 27% said less favorable, and 27% said no change.
https://www.acluak.org/sites/default..._aug_28_tc.pdf
Given all of this, Murkowski may or may not vote for Kavanaugh, but there appears to at least be some hope that she will not.
Meanwhile, Collins said on Friday that she was not aware of the controversy regarding whether Kavanaugh lied under oath during his 2004 confirmation, but said that she would examine the issue this weekend and "if in fact (Kavanaugh) was not truthful, then obviously that would be a major problem for me."
https://www.pressherald.com/2018/09/...court-nominee/