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Investigation hurdle for kavanaugh to the supreme court nomination, theres another last hurdle for kavanaugh, which is starting to emerge as maybe a real math problem for the prospects of him getting voted through the senate, when they finally take the vote. and that actually isnt directly related to the sexual assault allegations against kavanaugh, its the issue of kavanaughs behavior before the senate. and specifically when he was fielding that sexual assault allegation from dr. christine blas...

People screaming. he is a very talented candidate. the most cares mattic and the most people athleticic to run since an richards. but texas is not just red. it is blood red. he has a math problem in texas. he has to turn out many more democrats than typically turn out in an election like the and he has to hope that voters are turned off by ted cruz or donald trump or both. >> it was interesting to watch that block we just did. every time i go back to the republican primary, it is fascinating to ...

He is a very talented candidate. the most cares mattic and the most people athleticic to run since an richards. but texas is not just red. it is blood red. he has a math problem in texas. he has to turn out many more democrats than typically turn out in an election like the and he has to hope that voters are turned off by ted cruz or donald trump or both. >> it was interesting to watch that block we just did. every time i go back to the republican primary, it is fascinating to watch republicans ...

Suggest to the republicans at least look like rigor behind your solutions. pass a law protecting mueller. put forward a revolution saying mr. president stop waiving pardons around. you can look tough and sound tough but still be trump republicans. i heard you today at 4:00 say the only thing that will turn republicans against trump is the day after the midterm elections, if they lose those. >> thats right. i had various views about some of these people on the basis of some things paul ryan did d...

I lost all hope. to me, i think the house, in particular, is just a math problem for them. theyre guided by polls. its not that different from the nixon era. the nixon era republicans turned against nixon because facts came out. then the public turned against nixon. they were a lagging indicator. its the case now it may be worse, in that sense. >> they lost 40 seats. >> exactly. crucial. so at this point, theyve been doing the math and every day a lot worried about getting primaried and the math...

Trump in the campaign. i had some hope that some of these republicans would behaich in a more responsible way. i lost all hope. to me, i think the house, in particular, is just a math problem for them. theyre guided by polls. its not that different from the nixon era. the nixon era republicans turned against nixon because facts came out. the public turned against nixon. they were not the leading edge. they were a lagging i would kay for. its the case now it may be worse, in that sense. >> they l...

Math problem for them. but lets be clear, its going to be a math problem not a problem in which -- not a calculation in which patriotism, values, ideological consistency, history, anything of that matters. it will all be about self preservation. >> youre exactly right, john. well continue talking about this over the next couple of hours, but before we go to break, we want to talk about a friend and a member of our family, mike barnacle and his family are in our thoughts this morning. barnacles b...

Leader. the washington leader in their party. and so that separating themselves of the leadership is a very important tool, democrats believe, on a national level to getting elected on a local level. and were really seeing that across the board. if those democrats do get elected -- >> yeah. >> nancy pelosi could be in serious jeopardy. if they keep those promises. >> and this is someone, manu, who has raised so much money for the party. i mean, you can be very critical of her, but she is good at...

Balderson, the republican here, seems to be stumbling across the finish line. you dont get a sense hes able to carry what happened on saturday with president trump being here into tuesday. hes had some awkward campaign events. he kind of bad-mouthed one of the counts here thats going to turn out a lot of the vote. it seems like all the bounces are going danny oconnors way. he still has a math problem. the feel on the ground is that the bounces are going his direction. >> ive got to ask you about...

Talking about. what were talking about our white women, suburban white women. the president won white women last time over hillary clinton by 19 points nationally. if you look now at polling, that has flipped and flipped dramatically. its a big problem for the president and republican candidates. white women now prefer democratic candidates by 20 points.thats a 40 point swing and 18-19 months. >>eric: what do you think that could mean? youve got 42 open republican seats. >> it could manger looki...