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Negotiating, its really all about november 6. >> brit: certainly a part of it is that it is about the delay. the democrats win on this. get past the midterm, witnesses might come forward. so unless and until there is a vote, it is all good for the democrats because you cant move the nomination forward without one, the case remains forward. others will come forward, as we saw within the last 24-36 hours. they are all week, really. democrats have a good talking point. calling for an fbi investigat...

Abuser. well be past the midterm. im not going to reward people for playing a political game. i think with her life. shes just as much a victim of this as i think brett kavanaugh. somebody betrayed her trust. we know who she gave the letter to. the people have betrayed her trust. they owe her an apology. >> do you still want to vote on friday? >> that was interesting. you have a senator kind of giving the whiff of illegality, who paid for the polygraph? is anyone alleging she got in it for a fre...

Her? and i think thats a very difficult pop cision for two republican women senators to be in. and so i -- >> you men if they vote yes. >> if they vote yes. and so i think that when you look at the politics of -- >> i never disagree with you, but doesnt everyone have to answer that question if they vote yes? >> i think that for the women senators and, yes, everyone has to answer it, but two women senators who have built their careers saying that were independent, we are pro-choice, we are defend...

Hes on tape talking about grabbing women by the you know what. the bar is low for him so i think he needs to be quiet. >> a question about kavanaugh. at what point do you think this becomes so problematic that they have to just cut bait? already, this -- if -- lets say marco rubio votes for kavanaugh. and lets say -- and he gets on the supreme court. that will be used against marco rubio, fairly or not. >> but then youve established that an unsubstantiated accusation, lobbed at the last minute, ...

Hes heading into a midterm. these are the foreign policy notes that rang true with his voters, with the people who put him into office. they have this well-sown fear of globalization. globalization is inevitable. globalization is just whats going on. but they demonize this idea in such a comprehensive way that when the president gets in front of these crowds, he makes these broad claims that somehow we can go back to a time when america could act alone and without partners and allies and outside...

And i think the presidents frustration is real, because the reality is, the moment he decided to fire comey, he was boxed in on rosenstein and sessions. period. and the cavalcade -- the dominoes that fell afterwards put him in a place where just optically, its impossible. no matter how much he feels like theyre not doing their job or theyre not responsive to his administrations agenda, all of that kind of doesnt matter, because of the optical box that hes now in, vis-a-vis the russia investigati...

Through a shakedown its never had to contemplate, replacing brett kavanaugh with another nominee and knowing that fateful decision -- and im not predicting it. but should it be made. puts this nomination in a lame duck session after a midterm and a completely turbulent political environment. thats why they feel if they can possibly achieve it to push this through even if it creates enormous backlash of the kind senator cruz and others are already experiencing. >> lets dig into that a little bit ...

His election and all of the things that came along with that. >> yeah. >> so, you know, you are in trouble, and i think that republicans right now are thinking yes, were in trouble. we have to push this through. we have to think about our base. but theyre not necessarily thinking about the big picture. >> yeah. >> of what this means, especially in the midterms, especially for motivating democrats to turn out. the message that theyre sending to women of all partisan affiliations about what it mea...

Or slip away, then the white house is going to have to go through a shake down cruise its never had to contemplate. replacing brett kavanagh with another nominee, and knowing that fateful decision -- and im not predicting it. but should it be made -- puts this nomination in a lame duck session after a midterm and a completely turbulent political environment. thats why they feel if they can possibly achieve it, to push this through even if it creates enormous backlash the kind senator cruz and ot...

There are elections happening very soon, tonight we have a couple brand new poll numbers out of two of the most critical midterm states. first, to florida where democrats are now ahead in both of the competitive senate and gubernatorial races. among likely voters, andrew gil l gillum leads by five points. and bill nelson leads rick scott by three. yes, that is narrow. first time weve had nelson with any kind of spread at all. been good news for democrat, but florida is the ultimate swing state. ...