I obviously don’t share many political opinions with Kavanaugh, but he is a mainstream conservative thinker with a long and distinguished history of public service. His record is the best insurance we can reasonably request that he won’t turn into a stooge for Trump. If the Democrats somehow managed to defeat his nomination, the next choice would probably be worse.
In a better world, he would be open about his jurisprudential views during the confirmation process, and he would be approved fairly quickly, with few objections. Instead, this will turn into a battle to mobilize both the blue and the red bases, he won’t give any meaningful answers to questions, the blue NGOs will try to destroy him personally, and he will be confirmed in a close vote, anyway.
It’s going to be a miserable few months.