"she took a long time to come forward" means, "it is inconvenient for me that she came forward now."

that's always what it means.

this campaign is going to be super depressing.

when it's accusations you don't want to believe, people go over everything as if it's some sort of brilliant conspiracy.

but it's pretty simple. accusations like this are usually true. she has people who corroborate that she spoke about it at the time.

that's pretty much it.