Kavanaugh Can Join Thomas.

[Mister Agenda]

She should have made it public before the woman who trusted her with the information agreed to it?

No need to make it public. There were closed-door sessions in addition to the public hearings. And, it could have been offered with the accuser's name redacted.

The timing of the 65 women who vouch that the man didn't rape THEM would indicate that the administration was aware that someone might accuse Kavenaugh of rape.

How so?

No one has called it evidence but RR. An accusation does warrant investigation.

You would think. Yet, during the normally scheduled hearings, the accusation wasn't brought up. Go figure.

And Kavanaugh is not facing jail over this, the evidence does not have to be beyond a reasonable doubt for it to quite rightly derail his nomination. I don't have to have enough evidence to convict when choosing not to select a potential employee if I have merely sufficient reason to think they've committed a crime that would lead me to think they are not a good fit for my team. No one has a right to be a Supreme Court Justice.

Agreed, but...

Not to mention it's what, 50 days before the midterms?

Yes, delay in hope of securing a senate majority is the obvious intent.

I believe a precedent has been set that we should 'wait for the people to speak' before trying to rush through a Supreme Court nomination.

Then they should make that argument, instead of withholding charges during the regular hearings and springing them afterward.

If the Republicans had 65 people ready to testify within a day or so of Feinstein announcing this, they can hardly have been unaware of the accusation. And since there were closed-door meetings, we can't know it was never brought up. Not to mention the allegation was first made public years ago.

The 'argument' that confirmation should wait until after the election is only effective when you are in the majority and in control of the relevant committees, you might as well be whistling if you're not That the Republicans have abandoned that position when its their guy only points up their hypocrisy. There's no such thing as the 'Biden Rule' unless it's convenient. When Biden suggested it, there was a Democrat majority Senate and it still wasn't made a 'rule'. If Kavanaugh's appointment is delayed until after the election, that's not because such delays are a reasonable application of Senate norms due to proximity to elections, it's just karma, and only putting up a guy with so many issues made it possible.