Yes, I agree, he appeared beaten down, timid and defeated. I made those comments in a post last night. Judge Napolitano just said his demeanor in the interview didn't do him any good and he needs to show some fight in his statements before the committee on Thursday. Mitch showed some spine in his statements before the Senate yesterday (angrily calling it a smear job) and the judge has to act that way (restrained anger?) in his testimony. An example was Justice Thomas who in his testimony called it a "high tech lynching."
If Kavanaugh had come out last night in an aggressive manner all the headlines/democrat talking points would be, “See how aggressive he is? He is just the kind of person that molests women.” It would be construed as evidence he is guilty as charged.
Here is Scott Adam’s assessment of the Kavanaugh interview. It was interesting to hear his opinion:
https://www.pscp.tv/w/1lPKqkXNZYYJb