kavanaugh wanted to hit back as well but he was really convinced to stay quiet and he didn t address the allegations until monday afternoon, this afternoon. and even when he did he did so, you know, in a much quieter way than he normally does. and jonathan, the dems, and we just heard cynthia alksne actually use this point. she said she would never put witnesses directly on the stand at trial without an investigation that went first. the democrats are using that point. the republicans hear that and say they re trying to run out the clock because the midterms are coming and all of it is one big traveling mess. it is. certainly as we wrote in the story the republicans are very cognizant of the idea the midterms are looming. and as peter and sam outlined in the previous segment it s hard to imagine a lame duck process goes through considering what happened to merrick garland. right now the republicans in the white house are trying to work in tandem to get this through. but they did ta