Unlike that hearing, Thursday’s drama on Capitol Hill was subject to instant analysis, dissected and framed in real time on social media. Judge Kavanaugh’s chances of confirmation seemed to fall and rise depending on the hour, as political reporters relayed tidbits from President Trump’s inner circle. Brit Hume, the veteran Fox News anchor, compared the feeling to election night of 2016, a yo-yo of emotions for partisans on both sides. Later came a Judge Kavanaugh who bore little resemblance to the milquetoast man on Fox News three nights earlier. “I have not brought this up for years until I heard this testimony, and it is just breaking my heart.”

Source: New York Times September 27, 2018 21:21 UTC