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Seat. >> bret: that is a pickup for the democrats. now it is a net plus 1. we need to digest arizona, which is a big deal. >> to use the sports metaphor, this is the first break of service. this is the first time a state that the democrats had won in 2016 has slipped to the other side. it. arizona, donald trump, and i 11 votes, which is not nothing. its not a huge state but its obviously important and it would conceivably make up in case biden were to lose one of the democratic states. a signifi...

Obviously gave an opportunity theyre exploiting again and again. now, i want to talk to you about the senate aspect of this. is it true that it would be a pushed procedural vote, 50 plus 1 to dismiss these charges but it senate doesnt feel they have those votes, so theyre going to have a trial. how much leeway does mr. mcconnell have in terms of what that trial looks like? complete, near total, some? >> very substantial, but its going to take 51 votes to establish any particular rule. and so the...

Crimes are impeachable and not all impeachable acts may be crime. for purposes of persuasion i asked because that gave them opportunity to exploit again and again. >> right. >> i want to talk about the senate procedure part of this. is it true that it would be 50 plus 1 to dismiss the charges so the senate will have a trail. how much leeway does mr. mcconnell have? >> very substantial? but its going to take 51 votes to establish any particular rule. so, the starting point is the rules that appli...

>> well, the first premise, the starting point that we have to get on the same page in is that we live in a white supremacist racial caste system. jesse: i disagree with that but explain because we are running out of time. how is 2 plus 2 equals 4, how does that discriminate against black or brown people. >> one stick plus two sticks. here is a stick, here is another. i just did some math. that was not racist. we are on the same page with that. 1 plus 1 equals 2. humans have used math and number...

Starting point that we have to get on the same page in is that we live in a white supremacist racial caste system. jesse: i disagree with that but explain because we are running out of time. how is 2 plus 2 equals 4, how does that discriminate against black or brown people. >> one stick plus two sticks. here is a stick, here is another. i just did some math. that was not racist. we are on the same page with that. 1 plus 1 equals 2. humans have used math and numbers and statistics in all sorts of...

Had. okay. you see a number. we keep putting a number up on the screen. 216. thats 216 democrats and one on the left that is independent justin amash. 218 votes is what it takes to approve articles of impeachment. were not there yet. right now, 216 plus 1 independent make it 217 members of congress who support some kind of impeachment action. doesnt necessarily mean they would vote for articles of impeachment. at some point soon were probably going to get to that 218 number. republicans, presuma...

He made up a 17-point lead in a few weeks. >> i mean, this should have been a ruby red seat, right? you saw how close it was. how concerned should republicans be going into 2020? >> well, i mean, the 2018 mid-term elections were, should have been enough to send alarm bells ringing to republicans, because of how they lost in suburban districts. the presidents numbers with independents and women in the suburban districts are terrible. hes under water in every demographic except for white non-colle...

Let me play a little bit of that. >> can you make a promise today to the british public that you will not go back to brust thes and ask for a delay? >> i can. i would rather be dead in a ditch. >> but short of that, what is realistically likely to happen next? >> i think hes going to move in different ways through the parliament to try to make this election happen. so normally speaking, you need the support of two-thirds of members of parliament to make that happen. he might go for changing the ...

Socialism, something that looks like total governmental control, which is what they want. our founders stand to thwart that, resisting. that they knew men like this would come around. todd: on the legal front all morning long, ive within trying to formulate a smart legal answer, and im reminded of my pug when she is used to go -- [laughter] jedediah: yes. todd: that really is the best i can come up with. fortunately, cindy came up with something a little more scholarly. the founding father were ...

Advantage from trump plus 9 to democrats winning by four points. >> his people say he wasnt on the ballot. >> baloney, his name was definitely on the ballot insofar as you look at the correlation between the house results by district and the presidential vote in 2016, it was the highest correlation ive ever seen going back since all the elections ive studied. >> proof that it will stick potentially in 2020? >> proof that it might stick. this is another key. one of the reasons why the state of io...