David Gergen: “I would imagine that the person who is appointed will vote to approve Judge Kavanaugh joining the Supreme Court.”

I think a lot of Americans do see it as disqualifying. And they're worried about it.

I think the turning point that came were the midterm elections. The fever broke with those midterm elections. And what we've seen since then is a steady decline in Trump's credibility and in his position with the American people, and a…

If he comes out and throws cold water on this, then I don't think it goes anywhere.

If he had a receptive audience, and I will tell you, when everything -- when all the facts were to come out, it would be like Nixon and the tapes.