Article snippet: The TAKE with Rick Klein He went there – and then some. President Brett Kavanaugh. Trump sees a political gender war for him and his party. When he called it a "very scary time for young men in America," he is of course hoping those men vote. This attack is not about pressure on the Senate. The support of any two of three wavering Republican senators would likely put Kavanaugh on the court; attacking Ford, it’s fair to say, won’t win him any points from senators Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, or Jeff Flake. The six days since Ford’s testimony have energized Democrats around their messaging, as they hammer the point that women deserve to be heard. Republican strategists concede that droves of female voters are almost certainly lost to the GOP in the midterm elections. But the president senses that the GOP is galvanized now, too. Sen. Lindsey Graham, who did much to turn the political tide at least week’s hearing, is so confident of where Republicans stand that he said Trump should nominate Kavanaugh all over again if his nomination falls short in the Senate. Kavanaugh, Graham argues, should be on the midterm ballot, for what his nomination represents. A whole lot of Democrats like that idea. The RUNDOWN with MaryAlice Parks If Democrats take control of the House it is hard to imagine the sheer number of President Trump-related investigations some will want to pursue. But the allegations in a story Tuesday in the New York Times remind us t... Link to the full article to read more