The writer wasn't exactly anonymous, her ID was known to the senator who received the letter but the name was kept confidential. Apparently her story was also made public without her consent too.
Well now the writer of the letter has apparently now gone public with her claim. Not sure whether this will bring him down or not but the details of her allegation are rather serious, as in justified use of deadly force serious.
I don't see this looking good for republicans if he gets confirmed. Not as bad as Roy Moore's endorsement but still looks bad. Unless the accuser's story is found to suffer some significant factual errors.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/california-professor-writer-of-confidential-brett-kavanaugh-letter-speaks-out-about-her-allegation-of-sexual-assault/2018/09/16/46982194-b846-11e8-94eb-3bd52dfe917b_story.html?utm_term=.e34972893c46
Nothing ever looks good to you for Trump, Republicans, Conservatives, 2A supporters, ...
Considering the fact that more people obviously care more about substance than appearance, given the political power shift in DC and at the state level in recent years, I have to disagree. Most people are smarter than you give them credit for as long as the truth finds its way to light.
The people don't elect Supreme Court Justices. Neither do Senators. The President picks them, and the Senate has the authority of advise and consent, nothing more. We elected Trump, and it's his job to do the picking. The GOP in the Senate are not going to allow an obviously rotten judge to slip through the cracks assuming that can be proven.
This whole letter thing is a delay tactic, and even the people who won't admit it know it. The timing, the way it was made public, the fact there was never any police report, Feinstein trying to prompt an FBI investigation she KNOWS is out of their jurisdiction (She's the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee), and 6 FBI investigations in 15 years for Kavanaugh, PLUS the fact Feinstein never mentioned the letter during a month of hearings, interviews, meetings and hundreds of written questions posed to the nominee.
If they want to investigate a sitting Supreme Court Justice, that's what'll have to happen. I have $50 that says once he's confirmed, this allegation will die a quiet death with no follow up.
Grassley already said the confirmation vote will happen on schedule for pretty much the same reasons I just posted above. So, any discussion of this accuser gumming up the confirmation is moot.