BRETT KAVANAUGH/HEARING/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump and his aides were ebullient Thursday [9-27-18] as Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh defiantly rejected charges of sexual misconduct — a mood that reflected some relief after Trump officials conceded that his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, offered a compelling performance in the first half of the day. Trump and senior officials were impressed by Kavanaugh’s combative defense before the Senate Judiciary Committee, in which the Trump nominee, alternating between fury and tears, called several misconduct charges against him a ‘calculated and orchestrated political hit’ and ‘national disgrace’ that had devastated his life and family. Minutes after the committee adjourned Thursday evening, Trump tweeted that his nominee ‘showed America exactly why I nominated him.'”
–Annie Karni and Andrew and Restuccia, “Trump thrilled at Kavanaugh defiance,” Politico, September 27, 2018 9:12 pm