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He made clear to the president we are waiting on you to tell us what you want. that has happened time and time again for the republican-led congress that has said to the president, who is the leader of the republican party, tell us what your priorities are, and he does it. he tries to pick a menu of options where he chooses three of them. i think that mcconnell is not going to take that chance again. >> and the result is chaos. one other thing that came up over the evening is a memo written by a...

Ago the attorney general, it is that this is somebody who both sides know can handle the large bureaucracy that can button up and close up a lot of cases, and people can trust without a doubt that democrats would be disingenuous if they do not admit this to over see a number of prosecutions and investigations including the special investigation of mueller, that is important, because this is somebody that goes beyond any question and is an outsider relative to trump, he was not on the campaign. s...

Not participate in the election at all, hopefully draw a few turnover votes. theres a little bit of chatter on social media today about possibly writing in senator mcdaniels nas name, thinking t this election is for the unexpired term of ed ththaad co. so whoever runs will have to run again in two years. and the thinking is if its espy, he would be easy to beat by say true conservative in two years than cindy hyde-smith, who is the establishment pick, and mississippi when we tend to vote senator...

Comey firing, which we had a lot of discussion about who the replacement was going to be, whether or not it was going to be an establishment pick. here we are seeing essentially silence and frankly some increasingly bizarre trial balloons of who the president might put in that spot. he appears to be perfectly happy to sit back and let that 210 days expire and potentially reup it again. >> yeah. and a lot of republicans want to show deference to the president, and who he wants to have in his cabi...

Election here, it makes sense to see daniel oconnor attack more toward the center. the republicans in their primary were very worried about nominating somebody who would be too conservative for the district. and so they end up with troy balderson, who is more of an establishment pick. you know, they were relieved he made it out of that primary. what were looking at in terms of turnout is going to be the actual columbus suburbs, and franklin county, and in delaware county north. these represent h...

Also had conservative clerks. neil gorsuch was one of them. brett kavanaugh is one too. keep in mind, this establishment pick, he has over 300 opinions, as gloria was saying. and theyre issues that the conservatives really like. issues of executive power and religious liberty. but there are some controversial ones too. he had a controversial opinion on the affordable care act and another one about some kinds of abortion restrictions. so those are out there, and these hearings are also going to f...

Actually praised rehnquists dissent in roe versus wade. theres no question he would overturn it. i think jeff toobin a week ago or so said there would be 20 states immediately who, if that happened, would see abortion as illegal. there are 33 states right now controlled in the house and senate by republicans. 32 states and 33 republican governors. im just saying i think its much bigger than what people realize, and there has to be mobilization. people have to express how they feel about this. >>...

So democrats are not going to leave any stone unturned here, and it could require more time than the president really wants to give it. >> according to manu raju, he said chuck grassley said earlier tonight that someone with a long record will take time to go through the full record. this is a quote again from manu. and not commit to holding confirmation hearings until september. that really pushes it back. ariana, i want to get back to you. a graphic was put together based on analysis from poli...

Perhaps kavanaugh, barrett. >> juan: you predicted kavanaugh. i was on the air. i thought hardiman was the guy. some people in the white house put pressure on the president because i think kavanaugh is much more connected than hardiman ever is going to be. a woman who served with hardiman on the third circuit. i think it came down to donald mcgahn, white house counsel. i think he and others really are tapped into kavanaugh and he is the republican establishment pick. he is a kennedy clerk, just ...

I think thats the thing that ruffled people. >> harris: we have a former law clerk to judge kavanaugh. how surprised are you to hear kansantor um say this is an establishment pick not for conservatives? >> thank you for having me on. i could not be more enthusiastic about the president having nominated judge kavanaugh. hes an independent, fair-minded judge. "usa today" had an article that suggested on paper he may be the most qualified supreme court nominee in generations. he was a long record. ...