What if some other individual, as of now unknown, comes forward and claims he was the one groping, dancing, stumbling or whatever with Ford? Could Grassley already have such an individual? It would explain the confidence among some Republicans.
THAT would be fascinating.
My theory on the Rep confidence is that there is hard proof the future judge wasn’t there at all and even maybe out of town. Of course that would require that the accuser actually have a timeframe and/or an actual location for this imaginary event. ;-)