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Think? >> i think one, maybe two. >> zero. >> two. >> i think thats about right. that averages out to about one, i would say. were all -- i know were all looking at mitt romney. im looking at murkowski because she had the guts to take on a primary challenger -- i mean lose the challenge, come back and win the general election. that says bulletproof to me. i think that woman has guts. mitt, he likes to flirt with greatness. he never gets there. meanwhile yesterdays marathon debate over articles o...

Those senators like murkowski, collins, cory gardener and jody will stand up and say were not going to provide you the votes to rig this trial to turn it into a circus. if they would at least commit a to having an open honest search for the truth i think that would be at least a short-term win, and i think thered be a lot of pressure on them right now to say are you going along with what mitch mcconnell is threatening to do? >> lets go around the table here. again its speculation and its fair en...

Accompanies other republicans. >> will that sachb him, shamelessness? >> no, i dont think it is going to save him. he could have had this done in a minute if hed acted like ronald reagan who had his own investigation and then buried it. there are lots of ways you can handle these scandals and he has relished the fact he is going to put his thumb in the nose of all our democratic processes. there are rule of law republicans out there who understand this is about our election system and this is ab...

The votes to remove and wants to put an end to it. >> in terms of simple majority and process, you can vote or hold a motion to dismiss the articles of impeachment. you could think this is easy. but theres a political price theyre worried about, which is leading mcconnell away, which doesnt make trump very happy either. why? >> they dont have the votes. >> for a simple majority? >> in fact mcconnell could put a resolution on as soon as they deliver the articles of impeachment. moderate republica...

Its always amazing. i watched it again recently. notice the republican hands go up and say aye. youre taking on your party. >> these were two parties that overlapped a lot. there were republican liberals and moderates and conservatives. >> what happens this time when no hands go up on the other side innon none, zero on that committee. >> were going to see a party line vote, theres no question about that. i want to see what happens in the senate. >> who would you be hoping for? >> well, murkowski...

>> exactly. exactly. >> especially, the minute it is set, thats when you should bet against it. right? so everybody assumes we know what the answer is. carol lee, mitch mcconnell, the only person more transactional than donald trump is mitch mcconnell. whatever protects his majority. >> hes going to do whatever is in his partys interest. >> senators are not looking so great in polls in the last couple weeks. i mean, their numbers have been trending downwards and i think thats one of the reasons ...

The republican party will not be forsaking trump. joining me former rnc chairman and msnbc political analyst michael steele. this is a tim alberta piece in "politico" and it names a few players that the presidents team might be worried about, names you might find familiar, collins and romney and murkowski, but it doesnt really consider those to be the ones the white house is concerned about. other republican senators like cory gardner and a few others, a few other house republicans who are moder...

Those who speak on behalf of the president has also lined up behind the president in that regard. i dont think it would hold water with a number of moderate senators, murkowski from alaska, collins from maine, then you saw the pushback that mulvaney the white house chief of staff got when he essentially described a quid pro quo, a trade off during that white house briefing, just a few weeks ago. so i think the president, i think the people that support the president, his allies in congress will ...

You know, whether its susan collins or murkowski ob romney or one or two others that may break at the end of the day. especially if public opinion moves swiftly over in the public hearings. but even sew, jim, its far short of what they need to actually unseat the president. you know, they need 17 to 20 to make it. theyre a long way from there. what we have seen here is a remarkable display of how bitterly partisan the country has become. to see sitting president trump a republican with no republ...

Defense of marriage act, one of still the law of the land, but you have to remember, not that long ago, i mean, president clinton signed into law law. its something harry reid joe biden, when he was a senator, number of democrats, they voted for this, but now folks are pointing to his defense of that, saying that means he is disqualifying and cannot eat people fairly. he said today, i know what the supreme court has ruled on these, i will respect the precedent. >> the fact is that vandyke has ar...