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Disgrace or stand with them. tell heidi heitkamp youll never forget how she votes. >> polls show heidi heitkamp trailing in her re-election campaign to her republican challenger. but she said she kept politics out of her decision. >>, you know, the easiest thing in the world for me would have been take a yes vote, get this over with. that would -- would presumably be -- make my path to re-election easier. i didnt come here to do the easy thing. i came here to do the right thing. >> senator heitk...

For a very long time. and there is the angle of the sexual misconduct allegations. but the broader question of impartiality i think is what is going to linger over him, if and when he is confirmed to the bench. i think that when you think about the opening statement he made in that hearing, although he said he got caught up in the emotions, he was reading from prepared remarks. this was premeditated. and i think it was because he was performing for an audience of one. and that was the president ...

Op-ed that senators pored over a highly anticipated fbi report on accusations against the judge by christine blasey ford. and other women all day today they did that. but did that report change anybodys mind? lets discuss. frank brunis here, david axelrod as well. gentlemen, good evening to you. so david, we have to start with judge kavanaughs op-ed in the "wall street journal" tonight. why do you think the judge made this unprecedented last-minute pitch saying i am an independent, impartial jud...

>> absolutely. there are two story lines that emerge from last weeks hearing. and one was, of course, the circumstances around the alleged sexual assault and having dr. christine blasey fords testimony against that of judge kavanaughs. the other was a strikingly partisan tone that judge kavanaugh took in his own testimony, and hes, of course, written this op-ed i think in part because of the comments from justice stevens and others who have raised concerns over the issue of impartiality. its wor...

Partisan tone that judge kavanaugh took in his own testimony, and hes, of course, written this op-ed i think in part because of the comments from justice stevens and others who have raised concerns over the issue of impartiality. its worth noting that judge kavanaugh has cited his emotions during the hearing but he was reading from a prepared statement. and i think in part that was because last thursday he was performing for an audience of one, and that was the president of the united states. to...

Evidence to support their allegations, including naming over two dozen witnesses each. unfortunately, the limited investigation that was conducted by the f.b.i. failed to interview any one of the witnesses these two women identified who could support her account. let me say that again. they refused to investigate, to talk with, any of the 24 witnesses that could have supported their accounts. mr. president, i think its important to remember why were here today. were here to determine whether jud...

Many of us who are lawyers who care about the system were counting on judges to behave themselves with impartiality and the events of this week really put a serious dent in our optimism. >> all right, dan goldman, lisa green, thank you both for your time tonight. for more on the political implications of this epic battle im joined by a congresswoman from florida, including this bar, hooch, that were hitting in right now and former republican congressman david jolly. great to have you both here...

You saw. one had to do with the question of impartiality and partisanship. a lot of people thought democrats should have gone harder on that aspect of judge kavanaughs testimony last week, that he came out swinging, talked about revenge against the clintons. that there was framing that democrats could have made that heidi heitkamp made that can he be a neutral arbitor from the highest bench in the country. she also talked about how she heard from countless survivors of sexual assault and her opp...

Thought about for a couple days and then decided she could noted support his nomination to the court. she explained herself like this in an e-mail that we just got. in addition to the concerns about his past conduct last thursdays hearing called into question judge kavanaughs current temperment, honesty and impartiality. this decision comes as women voters and voters with college degrees have been flocking toward congressman kevin kramer. hes up 12 points over the democratic incumbent. she is tr...

Impartial. >> what goes around goes around, everything else i could understand, but that -- was that a veiled threat? what was this supposed to be? >> i think he meant i guess -- i guess we dont know without asking him, but it came up in the context of just an efts tfoo avenge me for my role with kenneth starr. but i think there is a this for that and i think it would raise serious questions about his impartiality on the highest court on the land. he will have to decide important cases and we wa...