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>> this is a sham. >> much of this is a sham. >> but on the senate side, the vulnerable republicans have been able to stay silent so dpar. meanwhile, swing state democrats are using the same language they used in 2018. >> ill stand with the president and next to the president when he does something right, but ill stand up to him when he does something wrong. >> and the presidents 2020 opponents are weighing how to capitalize on the democratic base anger while offering a vision about something ot...

Federal employees in their state. really the moderate core of the democratic party, folk that is arent running for president in 2020 and arent thinking about it. and dont feel as caught up in the base anger here and the base distrust of president trump. and richard, i think thats what this is going to come down to tomorrow is a question of trust. do democrats, are they willing to trust mitch mcconnell will keep his word to deal with these issues in a forthright way, and do they trust that donald...

The majority leader. but it maybe enough to get them the votes he needs to reopen the government tomorrow at noon. we know that the two of the four republicans who voted for the shut down lindsey graham and jeff flake. said this is good enough for them. and the issues can be addressed. they will vote to reopen the government tomorrow at noon. were looking for six or seven democrats to join them. the people who were keeping an eye on were folks in red states. like the two senators from virginia. ...

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This leadership team and certainly in the senate and probably in the house are going to be in big trouble come next election. >> amanda, does any of this blow back, if nothing gets done, does none of it blow back on the president himself? >> i mean, sure, but hell have two more additional years before the re-election campaign to figure that out. i mean, donald trump has never shown himself loyal or beholden to a previous position. i mean, he will change it on a dime. and if he can play this righ...

>> i would draw a slight distinction between ted cruz and mike lee because i think mike lee a lot of his approach on thing and we saw this with his opposition on immigration. immigration reform was moving originally, ted cruz was very vocal and out there and more where jeff sessions was which is more tapping into base anger where when mike lee was talking about it, his opposition was much more focused on there are things we agree on. >> but in terms of -- >> yeah -- >> in terms of what happened ...