Regardless of whether or not he did it, the fact that there is no definitive proof he didn’t do it, and his behavior during his testimony, gives a rather poor impression of his character. I do not know why the Republicans have to stick with Kavanaugh with all this controversy. It would be so much simpler to just pick someone else.
What’s ironic is that the most likely fallback (Amy Coney Barrett) is arguably more conservative than Kavanaugh, which is the only thing that makes me think at least some Democrats are pushing back on him out of genuine principles and not just payback for Garland, unless of course they’re sitting on some stuff to throw against her, too.
The entire point of all these delays is to push the hearings until after the election, at which point the Democrats can use the same play that Republicans did when they refused to hold hearings for Garland. At least then there’s a hope that Democrats will have more sway.