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Certainly democrats are going to have no matter who is picked from this group, how roe v. wade might be affected, how other cases might be affected. just the fact that the court will swing to the right, at least according to philosophy and ideology, that is without a doubt. obviously people are going to be watching senators collins and murkowski of maine and alaska respectively, how they feel, because of their pro-choice approach to abortion rights. but i think that the president was always goin...

Pressure on those republicans depends whos nominated. murkowski and collins are for abortion rights. they voted that way in the past. theyve also shown that they are willing to buck their party. their votes are critical in overturning the obamacare repealed. and so, democrats are really hoping that they can put republicans in the hot seat and make them be the one not to vote for the nominee. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has weighed in saying it would be easy to confirm raymond kethl...

>> theres a lot of pressure but i dont think republicans should feel as though they needed democrat. it sounds crazy with collins and murkowski is sort of not really on the right all the time. the president is a pragmatist and then on the campaign trail what is going to to do with his supreme court nominees and is doing exactly what he said he would come it is also smart enough to know he wants this win. you know this guy. ive interviewed him seven times now. he just wants to win. if someone is ...

Joe mansion, joe donnelly of indiana and the kethledge, not a big paper trail and bland injury. the pressure beyond the mansions but if youre talking about amy barrett that said explicit things about abortion, the pressure certainly then goes to collins and murkowski. >> does he want a win or a fight? >> thats absolutely true. the president i suspect wants a win, not a fight. he wants somebody to sit down and have a beer with it. >> not amy, apparently. were told it didnt go well. >> i have no u...

To make whether to support the nominee or not, but so will moderate republicans like susan collins and murkowski. when it comes to a conservative judge, they will also be under pressure to make a tough decision. >> yeah. theres also been suggestion that its going to come down to these red state democratic senators. youve got donley, manchin. those kinds of senators might make or break regarding who makes senator and who gets through the confirmation process. >> if its judge hardiman, you could e...

Upset the dynamic of this situation. this is up to republicans welcome like the two female r republicans that are upset about this. at this moment it doesnt seem like too many say theyre going to pull away in support of the next president because it is so controversial. and this is one of the killers of the republican party. >> clearly the two people theyre focusing on, but whether or not trump will try to make life more did i feel for certain red state senators. joe donnelly facing a tough reel...

To be optimistic? >> well, i dont think in the long run theres any reason to. there is a slim chance that democrats would be a bell to block this. we see this multimillion-dollar effort getting going on the left. targeting senators like collins, like murkowski. really they only need a vote or two. the difficulty with that is theres a mirror effort on the right to target a heidkamp and tester and manchin and done ndo. i think it outweighs the democrats here. i think if they were able to defeat on...

Persuade a couple of those red state democrats, they dont have to hold every republican to get this confirmation through. and the timetable is completely up to mitch mcconnell. >> yeah, all of that is right. the democrats are really playing a very weak hand here, both procedurally and in substance. and you make a very good point, theres been a lot of focus on the democrats trying to be able to pluck either collins or murkowski. but there are three to five democrats in red states who are at real ...

Next confirmation of the next supreme court nominee? >> well, my mentor, the great larry thomas, used to say when you are winning on messaging, just stop. were winning on messaging, we should not fall into a rabbit hole that this will be a roe v. wade debate only. were looking for a justice who will enforce the constitution and all judges are supposed to do that. and i think that the democrats are making a huge mistake because they have senators in red states running for reelection and are putti...

Smeared me, theyve smeared build on the, holy mother church, theyll smear any person or entity, no matter how well grounded in principles, if those principles are not there. i dont think judge barrett should be worried about them. im more concerned -- if shes the nominee -- more concerned about republicans who are fearful of somebody who might be critical of roe vs. wade, like senator collins or senator murkowski. that troubles me more than al franken calling on the democratic side. >> laura: is...