gardner and joannie erntz it s not going to sustain them. i think they re trapped. the process argument has fallen apart as you say, and they don t have a good substantive argument. the president s defense is i did it and it doesn t matter, i don t care, everything i do is fine. article ii of the constitution allows me to do whatever the heck i want. so i don t know how senators in particular who i think have a higher level of probity are going to deal with this. essentially we have a confession. we re now going to have to exonerate them? that s what the senate is contemplating even with the quid pro quo. you know, hey, whatever ej, this is interesting because lindsey graham was on there saying he had no problem with the phone call. there were a couple of people there who didn t take any issue with it. there were saying difficult question, stop interviewing yourself, we ll get to the merits of it. at some point and that point may come within two weeks, within 30 days, but there wil
just be the facts, which by the way most of us have known largely since day one what happens then? well, i think they re in a heap of trouble, but they were already in a heap of trouble. we have reached a pretty bad point when don young s head butt may have been the most honest response in that whole lot of evasions. i was thinking about that old police song when i saw that series of words that s all i have to say to you. they have nothing to say because they know that they are being asked to defend the indefensible, and it is particularly hard for senators in tough races next year in tough states joannie erntz and susan collins and cory gardener because they lose either way. they need the trump base, and they know they need a lot of votes from anti-trump people. what you re starting to see, there s a story in the post,