CNN’s Cillizza on Kavanaugh: ‘Yes, This Is a Human Story, But It Also Has Huge Political Implications’

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CILLIZZA: "Right, but, Brooke, the only thing that mattered was that last sentence he said, which is, 'I trust senator Grassley to hear from Mrs. Ford and Judge Kavanaugh', because that’s the only thing — everything else before that is spin. Now, you could argue he’s right, he’s wrong, it doesn’t really matter. What matters is you now have the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Majority Leader essentially saying, 'yes, we’re going to hear from these two people.' Now, when is that going to happen? Is it going to be public testimony? Is it going to be in private? I think it would be very hard at this point to not make it public, given that the accuser said she’s happy to have it be public, or at least her lawyers said that. But that’s where we are. It seems to me, it’s very hard and I don’t think Republicans want give up on this yet, but I don’t see how, given what Grassley, McConnell, Senator Susan Collins, what they’ve all said over the last 24 hours, I don’t see how you could possibly stay on this Thursday vote schedule. The Judiciary Committee is ostensibly voting still on Thursday. I just don’t see how you do that. Because it now seems as though we are having these two figures back in Kavanaugh’s case to answer questions, in some way, shape, or form. If that doesn’t happen tomorrow, which seems unlikely to me, I don’t know, I think you’re going to have to push. And the McConnells of the world do not want this delayed, but this has — yes, this is a human story, but it also has huge political implications. We’re 50 days away from the midterms."