How Republicans Plan to Defend Kavanaugh

“Brett Kavanaugh’s allies plan to aggressively contest what they call the ‘foggy memories’ of his accusers — an approach that’s likely to lead to nasty confrontations at Thursday’s showdown hearing on his confirmation to the Supreme Court,” Axios reports.

“The plan is to fight back right away, and to emphasize denials and hazy recollections. And the mission is to portray the debate as cheap-shot politics orchestrated by liberals and abetted by the media.”

“Kavanaugh’s future rests partly with Republican senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. But the senator who most worries Kavanaugh strategists is Jeff Flake of Arizona, who is retiring and has ripped Trump (and been ripped by Trump).”