Democrats in the dark on eve of historic Kavanaugh hearing

[DonViejo]

Senate Democrats have had no apparent contact with Christine Blasey Ford — and have no idea how she'll hold up.

By ELANA SCHOR and RACHAEL BADE 09/26/2018 05:03 AM EDT

Tens of millions of people will be watching Christine Blasey Ford when she appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for a potentially history-shaping hearing on Thursday.

Yet Ford has had no apparent contact with the people who could help her most through the ordeal: Senate Democrats.

Though Ford's lawyers have been in touch with aides in both parties, interviews with more than a half-dozen Democratic senators on the Judiciary Committee indicate there's been no coordination with Ford’s camp in the run-up to the hearing.

That lack of communication underscores the political minefield both Democrats and the 51-year-old college professor are crossing ahead of the hearing, with President Donald Trump and the GOP tarring the minority for a “smear campaign” against Brett Kavanaugh, Trump’s Supreme Court pick. Ford has a team of well-connected attorneys with Democratic ties to lean on — as well as a veteran Democratic strategist — but Democratic senators acknowledge they’re standing behind her with little certainty about how she’ll fare.

”No matter how long you’ve been in the Senate or in the courtroom, there’s no fully preparing for an event like this,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said in an interview. “This event is momentous, in its public and private aspects — in the emotional demands on her, and the public arena.”

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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/26/kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-hearing-democrats-841955

[GeorgeGist]

1. Pretty sure it's Politico who's in the dark.