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The latest poll that kavanaughs under water 36% opposed, 31% support, dont know 33%. thats not usually where supreme court justices are, theyre fairly popular. theyre introduced as -- >> all the sudden we care. >> in the case of the aca and the case of tax cuts and now on kavanaugh, three of the biggest things this republican congress has tried to do, all three they were fighting against public opinion. >> thats true. and now theyre fighting against the clock because whether its going to be a bl...

>> in june, trump was inching to 45. then the michael cohen and stormy daniels gave an opening and then the progressives said time is running out before the midterm. so we saw the hijacking. it was a hijacking of the mccain funeral. next a weird op-ed anonymous to suggest there was on ongoing coup in the trump administration. and then woodward back on and taking up where omarosa and michael wolf left off. then the echo chamber where the old guard liberal wing birthed a race, class, gender child ...

White republican male senators, you have issues in that environment. that coming from someone who is rooting for republicans. >> a few things. the bravery and courage of rachel and so many other women who have come forward is part of a larger narrative with this president and the entire administration. so republicans are obviously thinking about november. if we look at normal patterns, presidents tend to lose quite a few seats in the first midterm election. americans tend to prefer a divided gov...

But what if you either have a vacancy, or heres another scenario for you -- what if the kavanaugh nomination doesnt happen, for whatever reason, the white house has told us that they are going to right away nominate someone at least as conservative. and so, democrats are telling us, you have a nominee out there, perhaps who hasnt been confirmed that would energize evangelicals on the conservative side, animate progressives on the democratic side. again, suddenly, the dynamics of a national elect...

Base community needed support. and. >> what was it about president trump that made you think he had the values? >> he was actually talking to faith based communities. >> for me for the midterm, my message is more to democrats. than republicans. my local elected officials are the reason for and are the reason for the deterioration of the community. it is democrat decision making that has widened the divide between the have and the have notes. >> youre sending a message to the local? >> the local ...

You can have a bench trial who are not receptive to hearing it cases long since past. there could be a method to remove. but the idea of a ret retro active application of justice should satisfy no one especially somebody vying for a spot on the supreme court. >> david it, does put republicans or senate republicans in a difficult spot. they have to walk a line here politically. >> absolutely. with the midterm just over the horizon, its not just in the nations interest but in the republicans inter...

Possible. that is because the selection coming up. that would change the cam clues for getting -- calculus for getting a supreme court nominee confirmed. they want this to happen. they want it to be kavanaugh, and they want it to happen quickly. that is the motivating factor behind everything going on right now for them. >> the numbers might not get better for democrats. they could get worse. if put the supreme court on the midterm ballot, nothing motivates republican voters quite like that. tha...

Factual information rather than a recommendation. solt president doesn so the president doesnt want the fbi involved. remember yesterday the interview with the hill, he said that the fbi was corrupt and that the krum corruption was a cancer on the country. so he is not in great relation ship with the fbi. but the senators on the republican side are deciding they do not want an fbi investigation because this would drag it on possibly for weeks. much closer to the midterm if not beyond. >> and the...

Fallout of this sexual bombshell accusations against brett kavanaugh. as one republican told us, its the ugliest situation imaginable. what theyre worried about is the timing of the vote, whether new allegations could come forward, whether this becomes sort of a national politicized issue that could move into the midterm thes, whether some republican senators like bob corker, jeff flake who arent huge fans of the president could use this as a moment of leverage. all of these things piling togeth...

This done before the midterm in case theres a major melt down including in the senate. jeff flake is stepping down. he has very little to lose. and hes been saying a great deal about the trump administration. on the other hand hes a conservative. voted with the trump administration for about 93% of the time. its very difficult to know exactly which way hell go. the supreme court is a powerful agency and has judges there for life. if theres such a large majority in conservativism. it had effect a...