Here's the problem and why the dems got a potential "win" today.
If the FBI is given a maximum of 1 week to investigate, you know they'll take that entire week. Every second of it. They'll chase down whatever leads they can dig up, talk to hundreds of people and ultimately at the end of the week, provide a poorly formulated report regarding their investigation.
DURING that time, the democrats will likely roll out 6 more woman who have been accosted, assaulted, sold into the sex-trade and generally mistreated by somebody while Kavanaugh was IN the country.
THEN at the end of the week (Remember midterm voting is happening starting next week) the democrats will demand that the reports be "looked over", "researched", "vetted". That will take more time. Ultimately elections will be happening WHILE this is going on.
THEN after all the senate investigation of the FBI investigation is complete (And those 6 NEW women have trashed Kavanaugh even more) They will say "Too many seats have flipped and we cannot in good conscious endorse this vote because technically, according to the votes, the Republicans don't have the majority anymore and we REALLY need to wait until the new electees get seated to hold our vote.
THAT's the NEW ploy!
just a little bit wrong. i corrected it.