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Why Joe Biden Can't Survive His Assault Allegations Like Brett Kavanaugh
David Marcus
Over the past several days I have been playing out some game theory on how Joe Biden can best address the increasingly ominous allegations of sexual assault he faces from Tara Reade. I put together a handful of options ranging from “I did it, please forgive me†to “I have no idea who this woman is.†None of the options mustered more than a D-plus on my grading scale.
One of the problems for Biden is how similar his situation is politically to that Brett Kavanaugh faced during his Supreme Court nomination process. Reade’s claims have far more corroboration than Christine Blasey Ford’s, but aside from the very different amounts of evidence for the allegations, the basic contours of the cases seem similar. An alleged sexual encounter in the distant past brought up just in time to derail a powerful man’s greatest ambition in life. Kavanaugh survived. So what can Biden learn from that?
It is important to remember that for a very good period of time during the Kavanaugh affair the conventional wisdom was that his nomination would not survive. A few factors saved it, including President Trump’s resolve on the matter, but chief among them was the tone Kavanaugh struck when it came his time to testify.
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