they re willing or even privately yet starting to assume any responsibility for any of this. it seems like the white house could have called for that fbi investigation the minute the first allegations were published in the washington post. well, what s interesting here is you ve seen the white house stance and, frankly, the stance of kavanaugh allies and conservative groups in general change between the first accusation then sort of the next bucket of accusations. after the first one, they were quite concerned. they still sort of publicly defended him but they really it felt potentially true to them. they weren t sure how this would play. they re still worried about public testimony from dr. ford. they were quite nervous and there was even private chatter of, look, if he doesn t make, i, we could push someone else flu who would be equally conservative. after the new yorker story came out and michael avenatti who toyed with running as president in 2020 as a democrat said he has
anything changes and we don t know who to believe, it makes the politics incredibly challenging for both parties. shepard: she sent the letter to a local politician out in california. that politician, as i understand the chain of this, goes to dianne feinstein. dianne feinstein eventually brings it to the attention of others. but, since then, she has spoken out through her attorney but the committee members say that they have reached out and they have not heard back from her about whether she will attend. what do you make of that, if anything? i think that s very strange, actually. her lawyer was on television yesterday morning offering dr. ford up as someone who had been outed by the press and didn t intend to come forward but now is willing to give testimony on capitol hill to the senators about this. the fact that they are quiet and not responding to the invitation late tuesday i think is very concerning. politico is reporting now that kavanaugh allies have said that they have b