Article snippet: The TAKE with Rick Klein Amid the hyperspeed of politics these days, this week inched by slowly – even seeming to move backward at times. Robert Mueller’s probe showed signs of advancing, given the news of Michael Cohen’s multiple sessions with Mueller’s team, and with prosecutors based in New York City. Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination moved not at all, with the question of whether and when Christine Blasey Ford will speak publicly about her allegation still open amid restarted negotiations. "So we will let it play out, and I think everything is going to be just fine," Trump said Thursday night in Las Vegas. "This is a high quality person," he said of Kavanaugh. But the capacity for national discussions over episodes of alleged sexual violence seems stuck in the past. Old footage of Anita Hill has served as a reminder of how little the process has adjusted to changing times. With the midterms approaching, it’s rare that any story consumes as many days as this has. It’s rarer still to say that so much time has moved things so little. The RUNDOWN with MaryAlice Parks Republicans might be playing with fire. According to ABC News/Washington Post polls, President Trump’s approval rating among women is at a low 30 percent. Among college-educated, white women, his approval rating fell by 11 points between April and August alone, to just 23 percent. Still, despite that tenuous political footing, Republican senators this week seemed to... Link to the full article to read more