Why are US Politics So Ugly Right Now?

Guests: Chris Karpowitz, PhD, Professor, Political Science, BYU; Grant Madsen, PhD, Professor, BYU “Rock Bottom” is how a number of Republican Senators referred to the bitter battle to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Why did it get so ugly? Is this a new level of partisanship? And what might this mean for the mid-term elections coming up in just a few weeks?