Now it’s up to Trump: Can he keep his mouth shut? It will take all of Conway’s psychological skills, honed in many months of working for Trump, to keep him on message. So far, so good. While expressing sympathy for Kavanaugh’s limbo and saying vaguely that “it” (the charge itself? the timing?) is a “terrible thing,” Trump has, so far, said nothing negative about Ford, reiterating Wednesday that she should be heard. Trump is cleverly parroting the Republican strategy of inviting her to come, betting that she won’t and then getting on with confirming Kavanaugh with minimal political damage. Perhaps, it will play out that way. Ford’s lawyer said Tuesday that Ford won’t testify without an FBI investigation of the facts first, and two key Republican senators, Jeff Flake and Bob Corker, seemed to indicate that she should go ahead anyway and, regardless, that the vote should not be delayed beyond that. Trump seemed caught a little flat-footed by Ford’s request for an investigation, revealing a newfound respect for the agency’s independence when he said the FBI shouldn’t “be involved because they don’t want to be involved.”