Every single one of the prominent Republicans so ardently defending Kavanaugh’s honor would heave a huge sigh of relief if he got flattened by a rogue asteroid tomorrow. Every single one.
They’re fighting for Kavanaugh because they got locked in and don’t have the guts to knock the door down. This isn’t principle for them, or strategy. It’s abject terror.
(Trump is the exception to this, but only because he’s too stupid and broken to feel fear.)
They have to fight, and they’d rather win than lose, but this is a disaster for them, and they know it. They hate it. Let’s make them hate it a whole lot more.
