Nope. They never expected Trump or his nominee to fight back. The goal was to get Kavanaugh to withdraw. That didn't happen so they panicked and watched as their smear blew up in their faces.
The Left is not going to pull this card again. Just like Trump owned them on the gov't shutdown and now Dems aren't going to pull any more gov't shutdowns for political purposes. The beauty of Trump is that he is choking off arteries for the Left to use to advance their agenda. He's remaking SCOTUS and the judiciary system; which exposes the Dems because they can't pass their ideas in the legislature.
I predict next Trump will ask Congress to defund all of the taxpayer money going to leftist groups, and use the IRS to crack down on those groups violating their supposedly non-profit or non-partisan status.
They have nothing else they can do, other than give up, and that’s not going to happen.
You give them too much credit. They are morons and will continue bashing, bitching, and smearing all they can. It's what they know how to do.
my guess...
he will force universities to cancel and absorb the debts of all student loans from NON STEM degrees. and PUT THE INDOCTRINATION centers OUT OF BUSINESS financially...
federal loan guarantees for universities that strive to over throw middle america... will be thrown under the bus for good. they will lose their soapbox opportunities and perches for spreading harpyism...
this will kill the hag indoctrination process... in less than a decade, the feminists will be back down to less than 3 percent of the population...