It is definitely a blind spot for some, and I think the Dems are pretty clever (in a horrifying sort of way) in exploiting it.
I think this is the Dems October surprise. Trump has more sense than the Congressional GOP, particularly on this point. I’m hoping that they listen to him, but I see no evidence that they will. It’s kind of like the moments before the trainwreck when you know what is coming and all you can do is to try to look away.
The GOP has picked up two House seats in polling that were tossup since this began, reversing the slide, but I have to think that this is a well thought out strategy on the part of the Dems and that this could get unimaginably ugly if they allow a full-on witch trial to take place by caving on Blasey Ford’s “fair” demands.