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United states senate and not simply exacerbate it for partisan gain. >> we listened, margaret, to fords testimony, gut-wrenching. and then, you know, by the evening, after kavanaugh testified, that had sort of evaporated. do you think that this whole rigamarole that weve been going through -- do you think now because theres just a pause and theres an investigation, that women will feel better about this? >> i mean i feel better. i cant speak for all women. ive been saying all week, you cant cond...

Nunziata, and douglas brinkley. just quickly, was this again a political rorschach test as to what your -- what side youre on? listen, ive been independent. so it doesnt -- im not registered as a political party. i just watched it from a human standpoint. and she was really sort of credible and youre like, well, i guess it sounds like shes credible. he never answered a question. what do you say? >> what do i say? i dont know how political -- for people out in the world, in the real world and not...

>> i dont think thats all fair. >> ive covered this president for a while. i saw it. >> i have to say to be fair i dont think ive ever seen a defendant become a shrinking violet who wants to take the stand. to very different degrees they all need to come out swinging because your life is on the line. >> yeah. >> we all know that >> the president wants you to swing. >> talking about president trump, just yesterday one of the things he was talking about is why is it he always sides with the accuse...

Gets over -- shannon: if he stays on his current seat. >> if he makes it to the supreme court the impeachment of brett kavanaugh would become a central issue, a key issue in the democratic 2020 primaries. i promise you this is going to get worse before it gets better. shannon: it feels real bad, both sides of it. we have polling that shows a huge issue, in 2016, the supreme court, hugely important, 62% of democrats, 70% of gop, democrats in 2018, 81% say it is important for them. it is still rea...

Points. he talked about the media and he talked about politics. and i said, i could see -- it could be president trumps -- i saw president trump in brett kavanaugh today while he was giving -- i saw the bombast bombasticness. i saw the frustration. i saw the defensiveness. >> he was angry at the process. he was angry -- i dont think thats all fair. >> ive covered this president for a while. i saw it. >> i have to say to be fair i dont think ive ever seen a defendant become a shrinking violet who...

But you are right, they are trying to attack judge kavanaughs credibility. not saying you are lying, maybe you remember, but i think its been mixed so far. its sort of a rorschach test. if you think that hes angry and probably not telling the truth, if you want him to be on the court, you look at him and think hes a man wrong to standing up for himself. that sort of the reaction at least on twitter, and im hearing from friends. i dont like a lot of mites have been changed by his performance this...

Become the new standard for disqualifying people from public service. that concerns me. but what i do think that would have helped brett kavanaugh in that interview is if he had -- >> he didnt do it? >> at least demonstrated a degree of empathy for the real experience that professor ford had. >> he said that, though. >> but wait. because it would have demonstrated more sensitivity towards the moment, and its not to say that hes right and shes wrong, but that i am sorry that she had this experien...

>> nonssequitar. im deeply concerned that unprovable uncorroborated experiences from people that are their real experiences but can become the new standard for disqualifying people from public service. that concerns me. i do think that would have helped brett kavanaugh in that interview is if he had at least demonstrated a degree of empathy for the real experience that professor ford had. >> he said that though. >> wait. because it would have demonstrated a more sensitivity towards the moment an...

Controversy." why was there so much controversy? why was it so hard for everyone to get on the same page? >> theres a couple of things. those water bottles, when i put it on twitter, it was a real rorschach test. they either blamed the lazy puerto ricans or blamed the government. ultimately fema owned it, but its telling were so divided in this. whats unfortunate is a lot of people dont think of these people as full americans even though theyve been dying in our wars for a hundred years and they...

Nominee on that question. and his answer was very much, as you guys were talking about, it showed the savvy with which he understands because of his political and judicial experience. his refrain was, i dont live in a bubble, which is a wink and a nod. its almost a rorschach test of a wink and a nod. conservatives can look at that and say hes one of us. others on the fence, oh, so hes saying he understands the real world. pointed at murkowski and collins. >> theres two messages he wants to commu...