Indulging Feinstein's sleazy little circus and postponing the Kavanaugh vote after last week's clear deadlines were ignored will go down as one of the great unforced political errors of modern times. It was an invitation to chaos that will be accepted.
It doesn't matter if everything the Dems come up with now is laughably flimsy or not remotely criminal. All they have to do is keep the shitstorm raging and scream Kavanaugh can't possibly be confirmed with so many "allegations swirling."
As I warned last week, Repubs lost the game by letting Ford's left-wing activist lawyers take the initiative by moving the deadline. Once the GOP let it move twice, it was never going to stop moving.
Every new late hit will now demand the same concessions and delays as Ford. In no time flat, the "Beltway Consensus" will be no way to hold the vote before November. Too many "swirling allegations" from fragile women who need time, time, time.
And even if the GOP pushes Kavanaugh through, they've set up another week of theatrics that will hurt them more in the midterms than sticking with the fair and reasonable original deadline would have.
They also gave the Dem fear and smear machine another week to work on Kavanaugh, his family, wobbly Republicans, and hostile RINOs looking for their big "hero of the Resistance" moments.
In sum, Republicans put things on the table that shouldn't have been, and the table will now be thrown in their stunned faces. They showed weakness to political predators who had nothing to lose and know they pay no price for rolling the dice. /end
