How do Trump's judicial insults affect Gorsuch's confirmation?

Within an hour of one another, we have two analysis pieces this evening with diametrically opposite premises regarding President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Neil Gorsuch, and how Trump’s Twitter insults toward federal judges will affect his nomination.

“Gorsuch begins seeking support with break from Trump,” reads tonight’s NBCNews.com headline. The piece suggests that Gorsuch’s “break” with Trump over his remarks “could hurt the judge’s relationship with the man who nominated him” but also “help Gorsuch reach the bench.”