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Get a thoughtful play-by-play and political analysis, youre not. that was an assault on our white house. >> that was crazy. that was bonkers. >> greg: such ridicule by those who would never think of taking such risks. they called it bonkers and crazy. dog whistles meant to bring up connies mental state. sorry, if you use mental illness is a disqualifying factor to express an opinion, you would have no guests on your network. after today, expect a pile on. "snl" will do a skit that will be much l...

She worked for condoleezza rice. she worked in the bush white house which used to be disqualifying in trumpland. but weve seen with judge kavanaugh when the moons are aligned in the right way the president can compromise on that. and having worked for george w. bush in the white house, she then worked for condi rice at the state department. she has foreign policy experience. shes ethnically egyptian. it would be challenging going to the u.n. at a time when not only the muslim ban but the palesti...

>> what about the woman at the top of the short list, dina powell? >> dina powell did return to goldman sachs so she would be sacrificing a lot financially and personally if she were to do this. dina powell was very successful. she worked for condoleezza rice. she worked in the bush white house which used to be disqualifying in trumpland, but weve seen judge kavanaugh when the moons are a liglin aligned right way. she has foreign policy experience, she is ethnically egyptian. it would be challen...

Enviable position of defending unilateralism, of defending this crazy america first, and the most awkward of lateralizations, the united nations. shes not exactly been a full throttle endorser of the presidents belief in world affairs. shes had to watch and stand idly by while the president has been next to putin in helsinke and basically said he trusted them over the united states community, but slightly put off that russia has been put at odds with the way trump feels about the issue. >> what ...

Incident that happened allegedly 36 years ago where there is no corroborating evidence. and it is not fair to brett kavanaugh for this to be disqualifying in the absence of evidence. but that does not mean that i dont believe that dr. ford was not a victim of sexual assault. i think she is a survivor. >> beyond the allegations, of course, are the questions about row versus wade. your friend, top democrat on the senate judiciary committee diane feinstein tweeted the following. when i asked brett ...

Years ago. i had no idea they had been sexually assaulted. i have learned how pervasive this terrible problem is in our society. clearly we need to step up and do something about it. every survivor deserves to be heard and respected. this is a case where there is an incident that happened allegedly 36 years ago where there is no corroborating evidence. it is not fair to brett kavanaugh for this to be disqualifying in the absence of evidence. that does not mean that i dont believe that dr. ford w...

There is no corroborating evidence and it is not fair for brett kavanaugh for this to be disqualifying in the absence of evidence, but that does not mean that i dont believe dr. ford is a victim of sexual assault. i believe she is a survivor. >> your friend, top democrat on the senate judiciary committee, dianne feinstein, tweeted the following. when i asked judge kavanaugh about whether roe and casey were settled law and whether they were correctly decided, he refused to answer. >> i do not bel...

With the concealment of millions of pages of documents, a sham straitjacketed investigation, of course, the refusal to give merrick garland even a hearing, and now a moment of direct threat, that sickening and frightening moment that caused john paul stevens, a former justice of the united states supreme court, to say it was disqualifying. and, as you mentioned, 2,400 lawyers and professors to say that he was unfit. ive been emphasizing this point about temperament, which i do think is disqualif...

Judiciary committee. senator blumenthal, i know this has been a difficult and intense week. thanks for making time to be here. >> thank you, rachel. >> first, let me just get your response to the state of play right now and what were expecting in terms of that confirmation tomorrow afternoon. >> have i never been angrier or sadder as a member of the united states senate because it is the result of a cover-up, beginning with the concealment of millions of pages of documents, a sham straitjacketed...

Blasey ford that would have been disqualifying for kavanaugh. you did not hear a lot of republicans actually say that. the explicit thing there was she did not believe dr. christine blasey ford. she did not think it was likelier that kavanaugh attempted to rape dr. ford. she made the argument that even president who his shot at dr. ford was to ridicule her from a stage in mississippi. i think what will senator collins said on the floor was mo further and certainly more measured in terms of tempe...