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Have refused to meet with him as they ramp up efforts to get all his documents from his past jobs. chuck schumer is taking his request for documents directly to george w. bush who kavanaugh served under for five years. lets bring in john thomas, founder and president of thomas partner strategies and michael toddman, former senior aid to democratic senator chuck schumer. great to see you. thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> good to be here. mike: democrats continue to for more of judge kavana...

November, he becomes further away from becoming majority leader, right, john? >> the democrats are between a rock and a rock. theyre dammed if they do, dammed if they dont. the heat of the democratic party is so far to the left that its essentially the nomination of judge kavanaugh to them is like nominating hitler. right? so the base is saying that these democrats cant vote to nominate. on the other hand, i think one thing we know and im sure michael will agree with me, at the end of the day ti...

>> president bush is a different republican than president trump. i think appealing to that sense ability and that part of american recent history is an interesting contrast between the two. mike: the republicans ive been speaking to on capitol hill sound very happy, they dont believe democrats have been able to do anything to damage kavanaughs nomination. is his confirmation pretty much inevitable, michael? >> nothing is done until its didnt done. i would think ultimately the nominee is confirm...

End up stopping confirmation of trumps supreme court pick. they cant assassinate his character. they cant assassinate his impeccable record as a judge. so what do they do? they try to come up with procedural hiccups. the reality is, like michael said, being a staff secretary in the white house is a very important position but, look, you are pushing paper and millions of pieces of paper. youre not issuing opinions. look, i think this is a stonewalling tactic. i think at continued of the day, thos...

So a lot can be done that you wouldnt expect. >> trump said that -- didnt say they shouldnt do it. he said they shouldnt do it first. >> michael, i like you. ill see you soon, my friend. thank you. >> bye-bye. >> president obama set to deliver a farewell address to the nation reflecting back on the past eight years. what weve accomplished and what remains to be done. hes catching some criticism for it. but is it any different than what other presidents have done as they were exiting? well talk a...

Tweeting at companies or tweeting about his trade policies. you know, theres some real implications here. some details that will matter very soon. and hes going to have to answer for that. >> michael, im wondering, is there any down side? the american public is learning very quickly about whats going on at least from his perspective. hes not taken office yet. were getting a taste. might that be a good thing so we know whats coming down the pike? and i dont know how you say it, but could it be co...

Fans that have chosen to hear those remarks. theres a reason why they call it history. time has to go by before you take a full and fair assessment of not only his accomplishments but his failures. certainly the president will try to put his own spin on that. at the end of the day, its up for history to judge this president and the full respect of his service. thats not going to come in his speech. >> interesting. i mentioned valorie jarrett. what shes saying is he hasnt faced any scandaled. i n...

Michael toddman, aide to chuck schumer. michael, im going to start with you. senator schumer is throwing down the gauntlet. bottom line it all for me. >> every day with senator schumer is an interesting day has been my experience. the wikileaks issue -- im going to get a lot of flak from my democratic colleagues -- i happen to believe that the underlying documents and information that was shared has not been denied. its not been said it wasnt true. so if the russians make hillary not campaign in...

Its going to be putting america first. a deal is only as good as it is for both parties. if they done wrong, theyre going to pay for it. theyre not going to pay for it by this president acting against them. its going to be the next president. that president has the power and that president is charged with carrying out foreign policy. obama is done. >> i want to interject quickly. are you confident, brad, with what has been said by donald trump, our president-elect, that he would actually do what...