Good Tuesday morning. I'm Jake Sherman and welcome to your political playbook audio briefing. Stay tuned

after the show for a message from Google. I'm Anna Palmer. At the moment, there is no plan for

legislation to protect Robert Mueller's investigation. Yesterday, we pondered whether Mitch McConnell

would see the price of defending Brett Kavanaugh as too high. The question has been answered.

McConnell is sticking firmly behind the Supreme Court nominee. In a speech on the floor yesterday,

McConnell called him a, quote, man of strong character and tremendous integrity. Here's where the

president is at. He tweeted at 10.50 p.m. The Democrats are working hard to destroy a

wonderful man and a man who has the potential to be one of our greatest Supreme Court justices ever.

With an array of false accusations, the likes of which have never been seen before.

First and Playbook this morning, the Senate Leadership Fund is launching a $7 million ad blitz on TV, cable, and digital across five states.

The ads hit Indiana Senator Joe Donnelly for skipping hearings and taking, quote, special interest campaign cash.

SLF is dinging Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Joe Mansion of West Virginia for what they see as their ties to Nancy Pelosi and Hillary

Clinton. The group is also hitting Democratic candidate Jackie Rosen in Nevada on MS-13 and

Phil Bredison and Tennessee for his support of a single-payer health care plan. SLF has spent

$30 million this cycle. Its affiliated issue advocacy group One Nation has spent $40 million.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi had a big cash haul last night.

She hosted dueling fundraisers in San Francisco and Los Angeles Monday, bringing in nearly $5 million for the D-T-Truple-C, and it's red to blue candidates at the lunch and dinner.

Roughly 800 people attended Pelosi's annual Ultimate Women Power Luncheon at San Francisco's

Fairmont Hotel featuring Hillary Clinton. The event raised $2 million. The California Democrat

raked in $3 million last night at a dinner with media mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg. More than 200

people attended, including the evenings, MCs, Will & Grace actors, Deborah Messing, and Eric McCormick, and included a special performance by James Taylor.

The D-Triple C has done well this cycle. It has raised $15.4 million in August, nearly 10 million more than the NRCC.

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