https://www.weeklystandard.com/fred-barn...eys-moment

"...But forget the charming folkways. Grassley is now, in his 38th year in the Senate, one of the strongest players on Capitol Hill—and one of the boldest. He once was Senator Bipartisan, but he’s put that phase behind him. Confronted by Democrats’ unprincipled, no-holds-barred opposition to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kava­naugh and other Republican initiatives, he had to. Grassley also had a reputation for being deliberate, but an adviser refers to him these days as “aggressive.”


As chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, he’ll run the hearings, starting September 4, on the confirmation of Kava­naugh, who will almost certainly become the fifth conservative on the Supreme Court, replacing the retiring Anthony Kennedy.

Democrats are apoplectic and have reason to be. They’ve been crushed by Grassley’s forceful response to their attacks. ..."