Case Kavanaugh tears apart US

With his emotional and aggressive testimony in the Senate committee could Brett Kavanaugh president Donald Trump and the Republicans to convince of his innocence. But the Democrats, he threw only but more against himself in the harness.

To combativeness was missing the candidate chief judge Brett Kavanaugh Thursday night when he sat down in the chair where just before, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford had testified. Ford had a thrilling but controlled manner told how Kavanaugh her, when they both were teenagers, had to hurt, and what influence that had on her life.

In his testimony, chose Kavanaugh for the tactics of ‘scorched earth’, such as The New York Times put it. He denied stubbornly that he ever had someone …

To combativeness was missing the candidate chief judge Brett Kavanaugh Thursday night when he sat down in the chair where just before, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford had testified. Ford had a thrilling but controlled manner told how Kavanaugh her, when they both were teenagers, had to hurt, and what influence that had on her life.

In his testimony, chose Kavanaugh for the tactics of ‘scorched earth’, such as The New York Times put it. He denied stubbornly that he ever had someone sexually had harassed. He accused Blasey and the Democrats that they with her allegations a karaktermoord committed on him, and his family is broken and made. Also his testimony was particularly emotional: he burst into tears when he told how his daughters the evening before, ‘had prayed for Dr. Blasey’.

‘National disgrace’

But Kavanaugh was especially angry. “This hearing is a national shame’, he snorted. His anger was focused not Blasey itself, but to the Democrats. Who have, according to him, for weeks, searched for reasons for his appointment to the Supreme court to thwart, and have that only be found in the ” dark allegations’. And he promised himself that he would not retreat: ‘You can give me vote against, but you can give me do not give up. Never.’

The Democrats in the commission, he treated battle and sometimes even disrespectful. When senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota asked him if he ever had a black-out had been because he drank too much – Kavanaugh was in his teen and college years known as a heavy drinker – he answered not directly. Instead, he asked her – several times – or its ever happened. After a short interruption of the session, he apologized for that.

‘Powerful, honest and poignant’

Already president Donald Trump was impressed by Kavanaughs defense. Trump had not ruled out that he is the nomination of Kavanaugh would withdraw if it appeared that the story of Blasey credibility. That was also according to many observers – but apparently, was the president even more impressed by the fighting spirit of his candidate: ‘Judge Kavanaugh showed America exactly why I’m nominated. His testimony was powerful, honest and poignant’, he left immediately after the hearing to know via Twitter. Also, the Republican senators of the committee have come, as his testimony progressed, more and more behind Kavanaugh, with increasingly harsh attacks on the Democrats.

Renewals

For the senators comes the mood down to the question of to whom they trust the most to attach: to Dr. Blasey, or to judge Kavanaugh. Probably, the voting will run through party lines. In accordance with the planning consent today, the commission, and next week Tuesday, the plenary Senate.

But it also comes to a vote? Quite naturally, want the Republicans to the light as quickly as possible on green for Kavanaughs nomination, while the Democrats on the brakes. But the Republicans have only a small majority (51 seats against 49 in the Senate. That means that everyone is on the same line.

Is that also the case? Several Republican senators have not yet in their cards look, even after the hearing yesterday, reported Fox News this morning.

The Democrats, for their part, play on renewals. They suggested yesterday, on several occasions, to postpone the vote, and the case further digging. For example, by the FBI the case to investigate. Or by other witnesses to hear, so it is not a matter of her word against his. An obvious witness is Kavanaughs childhood friend Mark Judge, who, according Blasey was present at the assault. Who has retreated to a beach house in Delaware, through his lawyer, he has the allegations are denied. But the Democrats would like to the tooth to feel about what was happened.

Little uplifting

The ultimate goal of the Democrats is the confirmation of the Kavanaughs appointment until after the mid-term elections on 6 november. If they then succeed in the majority in the Senate to acquire, they can be the appointment of Kavanaugh or any other candidate-chief justice that Trump seat – block.

Many American political commentators agree that the hearing on the appointment of Kavanaugh a little uplifting and unseen spectacle. A spectacle that Thursday through the direct tv broadcast a breathless, followed by millions of Americans. Who saw how the hearing turned into what The Washington Post “a partisan fight on steroids,” was, ‘the country is in even deeper will divide than before.’ That even a nomination at the highly respected and untouchable Supreme court now the object of a political tug-of-war between the two parties, is not of a nature to trust in politics to restore.