Right or wrong, he sure didn't seem in control on Thursday when he was attempting to defend himself. My wife (Republican her whole life) said to me "he is whining". Didn't show much strength to her at all. She said we (Republican's) can do better then this. She loved Neil Gorsuch.
Perceptions are all over the map. To listen to many Liberals, Kavanaugh acted like a rabid dog when he was defending himself. Many of them feel he had no right to be as forceful as he was. Look at many of the images CNN and MSNBC and Liberal sources display of the hearings. Kavanaugh is shown with an angry sneer while Ford is shown on the verge of crying. This is what Democrat propaganda looks like:
Me, I couldn't blame him for defending himself and telling the Senate Democrats how despicable their attack was, and how much it hurt his family. I saw a range of emotions, from determination to clear his name, to anger, and even getting a bit choked up. Liberals have mocked him for all of it, and criticized every bit of it. The only thing that would make them happy is total surrender.
But I would have felt even better if he had gotten out of his seat, crossed the room, and choked the shit out of a few of them.
Seriously. That's what they need.