DEMOCRATS may have failed in their bid to derail Brett Kavanaugh’s candidacy for the Supreme Court in America, but they still hope this episode can deliver a political dividend.
Congressional leaders are betting that they can channel the anger unleashed by this process, particularly among women outraged by President Trump’s mockery of the testimony of the female academic who accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, into support in next month’s mid-term elections, enabling the party to regain control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives .