You have written a well thought out piece. But to me it feels like it was written in a vacuum. Have you not heard of the Democrat’s “resistance movement”? They want to stall everything that President Trump and the Republicans are trying to accomplish. They want to stall this confirmation permanently and they are hoping to take back the Senate so that President Trump will not be able to get another conservative on the Supreme Court after the midterms.
You are overthinking what is going on. This is stonewalling not delaying.
I've heard about it.
You're watching it -- along with the #MeToo movement -- being destroyed before your very eyes.
Yes, the Dems are stonewalling. They want to stonewall to the election and use that to energize their more rabid base. The Republicans are going along with some delaying. They obviously can't do that forever, but they can delay somewhat without a midterm cost. There are far too many impatient people saying, "if they don't confirm Kavanaugh right now, I'm never voting again" or words like that. My answer is simple: yes, I agree he needs to be confirmed before the election. But to hear accuser #1 first makes good political sense.