“tailormade for the senators who are on the fence”
I don’t think any senators ever were on the fence. They had their minds made up long before showtime yesterday.
maybe - but they need cover -either facts, or an overriding princple, something to latch onto. that’s why they are putting Flake out first to see what flak he draws. he has nothing to lose.
Yes; but a few have tricky politcal calculations, like several being a Democrat or a RINO up for election in a red state. They needed to gauge the public reaction to the Republicans' revealing the women behind the curtain of the Democrats' political theater.