re: It's time for Grassley to resign in shame

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Anybody who thinks Grassley hasn't handled this brilliantly so far does not really understand politics.

He is winning the PR battle. He is making Ford and her attorneys look like flakes. He is showing he's willing to bend over backwards while still keeping things under control.

It's a PR battle. He cannot be too strong or he will be accused of bullying. The bullying smear the left has been using hasn't stuck because it's so obviously untrue. If Grassley acted so firm like you want him to, it WOULD have looked like bullying and the left's smear would seem credible.

Grassley has handled this perfectly so far because there were many opportunities for the GOP to shoot themselves in the foot. They haven't so far. They've remained open and willing to hearing from her and all of the flakiness so far has fallen on the Dems.

The Democrats were BANKING on the Republicans to attack Ford, act like bullies, and try to ram Kavanaugh through. They haven't fallen for it. They've remained cool.

Because her story is so weak, they have to make her seem like as much of a victim as possible. If Republicans played hardball like you want them to, that would play right into the Democrats' hands to make her seem like more of a sympathetic victim. The fact that the Republicans have bent over backwards for her keeps the focus on her weak story instead of how the Republicans have treated her.

Anyone who thinks Grassley has handled this poorly does not understand politics.

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