“Ya, I thought the new precedent set with Kavanagh, was that we have to hit the pause button and wait for investigations of allegations of sexual misbehavior before proceeding.”
no. no precedent. that occurred only because that senile old fool, Chuck Grassley, who was the Judicary Committee chair then, allowed it ... the rules set by Graham for the four day hearing last week was pretty much wham, bam, thank you mam, with no other hijinks allowed ... pretty much why the Dems boycotted the final committee vote today, which was the best they could do in terms of “drama” ... and we have Lindsey Graham to thank for all of that ... that is, contrast Grassley/Kavanaugh vs Barrett/Graham ...
We also had Traitor Jeff Flake. With only a 1 seat majority on the committee, Flake was able to prevent voting and force the delay. I'm not sure Mitch would have had the votes had Grassley voted Kavanaugh out of committee without a recommendation. Now we have Graham, a 2 seat majority and no Flake. Also, it's harder to have a circus with an empty gallery. Still your point that Graham is far better than the weak fool Grassley is certainly true, and he allowed the fiasco to happen.