[plain talk]

Some good thoughts there. However I don’t buy the statement that the dems want to speed up Kavanaugh’s confirmation though. The accusers don’t have to persuade you or me. All they have to do is cast possible doubt on Kavanaugh that is enough to keep some of the three main Senate RINOs - Collins, Murkowski and Flake - from supporting him. It comes down to those three Senators and nothing else matters.

[Alberta's Child]

All they have to do is cast possible doubt on Kavanaugh that is enough to keep some of the three main Senate RINOs - Collins, Murkowski and Flake - from supporting him.

That's true, but with each passing day that Buzzy Ford doesn't show up to testify despite being given every practical concession and accommodation, they look like they're mentally retarded if they try to hide behind her accusations to withdraw their support of Kavanaugh.

All three of them know damn well that if Brett Kavanaugh isn't qualified to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, then they themselves aren't qualified to clean outhouses for a living.

[damper99]

...shielding themselves from damaging political blowback -- especially from moderate/independent women voters. ,

This is the only thing mentioned in the original post that the republicans care about. That's their only strategy They don't care about Kavanaugh's destruction or having a 4-4 Supreme Court.