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I actually think the republicans realize, if they boggle, if thet bungle this, if they drop the ball when it comes to kavanaugh there will be a meltdown in i november. i think these republican senators understand, this is the time to stick together, keep your promise, and get it done or the republicans will have a revolt. >> laura: the base will be in revolt. they said it on my radio show. they said it to us in tweets. if the republicans cannot get bondi, a bush guy, who is about as middle-of-th...

Said in your opener. that has all become intertwined. you have republicans around this country that are distrustful of what their party will do when it comes to a fight. i agree with you, they are standing firm, chuck grassley, mitch mcconnell, they are doing the right thing. i actually think the republicans realize, if they boggle, if they bungled us, if they dropped the ball when it comes to kavanaugh, there will be a meltdown in november. i think these are public and senators understand, this...

The right wing of the republican party. and the governor is facing political challenges of his own. the thinking is he might be someone how is more of a consensus pick, john kyle or john shad i go, matt salmon, or potentially someone pushed by the business community who is lesser known like the state treasurer, a woman who would be more of a diversity pick. we know they want to act quickly but also look respectful to the legacy of john mccain. and as joe biden said last week, we may no of the se...

Satisfactory to those two key senators? >> its so hard for him to navigate. jeff, you mentioned that hes got a paper trail. he also has a television trail. he was on cnn back in the day in 2000. a great show called "burden of proof." watch what he said. >> i think presidents can pack the court, but it takes a lot of political capital and willpower to do it, and most presidents dont want to expend a lot of political capital on a bloody supreme court nomination. weve seen that time and again. the ...

Not be distracted by ongoing criminal investigations and i think that ought to be of great concern to senators, not just like susan collins, but jeff flake. >> democrats can do this alone. they really do need to take jennifer rubens advice and bring over what john meacham would describe as republicans listening to their better angels. >> right. >> do you have any insight into where that process is to recruit republicans on this question around the mueller probe? >> i dont have any insight specif...

Pick. somebody like anthony kennedy. joining me now, misha, a law clerk for justice kennedy. currently the wisconsin solicitor general. respond to my commentary. im, of course, taking issue with the timing of the justices departure. >> thank you so much for having me on. i think i would disagree with your characterization, obviously, justice kennedy served for quite a long time. one of the longest serving justices in this country and he well earned his retirement. with regard to the kind of repl...

Murkowski cant support, then mcconnell is in trouble. still, the midterm map, it favors republicans. of the 49 seats held by the ds, more than half, 26, are up for re-election this year. among seats held by republicans, only 9 are. and so the democrats need to win 28 of the 35 seats that are being contested this year to take a majority of the senate. and thats a steep climb. heres my point. had justice kennedy waited a few more months, he would have empowered the nation to decide the next nomine...

Starts. >> given how narrowly divided the senate is and given the emotional issues decided by the court, should the president reach out to democrats, reach across the aisle and have this conversation about selecting someone that might be more of a consensus pick? or should he take a pick from his list and say take it or leave it. >> if i were king for a day -- im not. i dont aspire to be. what i would do, and i wouldnt be surprised if the president does this, say look to the members of the u.s. ...

Same-sex marriage to have -- not to be stopped by an undo burden to make a choice about reproduction. he found that essential american liberty that we treasure. do you count on anybody trump picking doing that? >> there is a way that that can happen. and thats bring a consensus pick. thats what happened with merrick garland. >> a pro-choice conservative. >> president obama consulted with republicans. this president should consult with democrats and choose a consensus pick. anything less than tha...

The campaign. and we know that the investigation is not example of the everyone whos talked about this or briefed on it has said theres more to do, and were pursuing this investigation. bret: mollie, let me ask you about the democrats, theyre going to move on something, stand united and say special prosecutor or were not moving forward. theyre going to do a host of things probably starting tomorrow into tuesday. >> obstruction has worked out well. at the same time, im not sure if thats the most ...