Very early, Kavanaugh could have gotten in front of all of this, admitting to being a party boy in Highschool and beyond.
And then apologize.
Not necessarily admit to attacking Ford, but agreeing that sometimes he was so drunk that he might have done things he would normally never do and not being able to remember them because of blacking out.
He could then point at decades of moderate drinking and proper behavior etc. etc. and agree to help any investigation into past mistakes.
That would have been something Republicans could sell their female voters.
But Kavanaugh ticked every box of being an entitled fratboy who thinks he can drink to excess and do what he wants, and lie about it afterwards with no consequence: he has not shown any sense of wrongdoing whatsoever.
I don't doubt that Republicans will confirm him, but it will cost them in the Midterms and 2020.
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