Calling for resignation without investigation was dumb politics.

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84. They turned an investigation into a big trap by

putting forward more accusers. And who says only 8 accusers would be testifying before congress by the time it got started, or before it finally finished?

It would have become a salacious media circus where nothing was "proven" about where hands and tongues were or were not, only endless repetition of slimy charges.

Any attempt to accuse the women of having political agendas and not telling the truth would have been twisted into "blaming the victims" for their own abuse. Aside perhaps from referring to Tweeden's appearances on Hannity peripherally, in hopes that the media would show tapes of her there, off the table completely.

In the end, their victory in this is the resignation of a Democratic senator.

Our victory is that we succeeded in drawing a strong line between the Democratic congress's behavior on this subject and the Republicans'. A position we will be able to stand strongly on going forward.