Article snippet: The TAKE with Rick Klein President Donald Trump's pick for the Supreme Court continues to enjoy the backing of Senate Republican leadership, much of the conservative movement and media, and the White House itself. But standing behind Brett Kavanaugh is carrying costs that grow by the hour. The week since Christine Blasey Ford went public with her allegation has been marked by missteps, miscalculations, and potentially costly misjudgments by those who want Kavanaugh confirmed. Now, with the list of allegations starting to grow in advance of Thursday's scheduled hearing, the price of his defense could come into starker view. Already, a prominent conservative legal voice was forced to retract an unfounded theory of mistaken identity. A top Senate Judiciary Committee staff member was forced to resign because of a past harassment allegation. The president himself spoiled a few days' worth of silence by starting to question what took so long for Ford to come forward. Down the ballot, a Republican senator up for reelection suggested Ford's allegation represents a "hiccup." A GOP congressman seeking a new job in the Senate called the alleged incident "supposedly an attempt or something that never went anywhere." And another Republican congressman made light of all of it with a joke about Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg being groped by Abraham Lincoln. All of this has happened before Ford or any other accuser have a formal public hearing. And all has happened arou... Link to the full article to read more