To your point about face time, I didn't watch or listen to the hearing but it sounds like if there were ground rules, they were not strictly enforced, to the R's disadvantage.
Mitchell may have performed exactly as the R's wished, but we would need inside R thinking to state that confidently.
My view is that we could have easily discredited her without being abusive or unfair, and should have done so. I pointed out upthread that even now the MSM is parading her as the new progressive heroine and she will no doubt be presented as a role model.
Oh, heck, the MSM would parade Ma Barker as a new progressive heroine if they thought it would help their cause.
If Senator Graham's speech gets any traction in the MSM evening news cycle tonight, it's game over for Feinstein and a few other (D) senators in tight races this year. Not to mention hello, JUSTICE Kavanaugh.
All it told me that the GOP doesn’t trust the Republican Senators on the Panel from making fools of themselves when questioning that Mentally Ill Ford Woman.
Oops, so much for me sitting on the Senate Judiciary Committee... #;^)