as a political ploy to delay and disrupt kavanaugh confirmation. despite all of this, to their credit, republicans have rightly taken these accusations against judge kavanaugh seriously, as they should. a public hearing featuring both kavanaugh and his accuser, professor christine blasey ford has been set for thursday. we have news, ford may not appear. senator dianne feinstein has said she cannot guarantee that she will show up. apparently fort has concerns about the independent female attorney hired to question both ford and kavanaugh. republicans are clearly trying to do everything in their powet as they have been doing to accommodate professor ford.pu either way, a vote on kavanaugh has been scheduled for this friday. judge kavanaugh has been begging for a chance to clear his name under oath since the charges first became public. he has categorically denied these allegations over and over