I left out an excellent and important line: “I love him. He’s human, like a garrulous uncle after a drink.”

This is why, while being a gamble and a loose cannon, he’s a threat. People find him likable, despite it all. People don’t include people who have been his targets (Clarence Thomas). But lots of people who probably find him or will find his goofy Scranton middle-class Irish Catholic schtick likable vote.