Steny Hoyer is sounding the alarm, which goes unheeded, that this feeding frenzy on Bret Kavanaugh is going to very negatively impact the Democrat quest for regaining control of either the House or Senate.
Brett Kavanaugh is a decent man in every way, but the Democrats do not recognize that trait, as they have no decency themselves. First it was “he gropes girls who are unwilling” to “he drinks beer and gets out of control” to he lack something like ‘judicial temperament’ and should be denied a seat on the Supreme Court”.
All this is frankly not one bit removed from schoolyard taunting from the fourth grade, when a sort of “Lord of the Flies” mentality has overtaken the Democrat minority and apparently a few of the never-Trumper Republicans.
Capriciously changing the “criteria” by which Judge Kavanaugh is being measured against, and demanding more “time” and more “background” regardless of the exemplary record already on the books and open for review for anyone who cares to look, the Democrats hope to drive Brett Kavanaugh into withdrawing his name from consideration, and resigning from his current post on the Federal Appeals Court as well.
There was a time when a Republican President would have caved, facing this much resistance, but we are dealing with Donald J. Trump, a most powerful force of nature, and one of whom the Democrats have never accurately gauged.
It's not that he thinks they shouldn't impeach him. He just doesn't want them to show their hand before its time.