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Primaried from the right. she actually lost the republican primary in alaska for her own seat to a far-right challenger. in order to try to keep her seat in the senate, she had to run as a write-in, which is almost impossible to win, right? but her most stalwart allies in that political storm were native alaskans who stood by her with votes and not incidentally, a ton of last-minute money for ad buys. she told them at the time, "i will fight for you as long as i am able." she owes her seat in th...

Job to the supports and the votes and the money of native alaskans. in 2010, lisa murkowski, you might remember, she got primaried from the right. she actually lost the republican primary in alaska for her own seat to a pharr right challenger. in order to try to keep her seat in the senate, she had to run as a write-in, which is almost impossible to win, right? but her most stalwart allies in that political storm were native alaskans who stood by her with votes and not incidentally, a ton of las...

Support than either of them. in addition, though, specifically senators murkowski and collins are both pro-choice and judge kavanaughs staunch anti-abortion rights record will presumably give them both pause on roe versus wade alone. senators murkowski and collins may have some other specific issues with kavanaugh beyond that. you can see evidence of that in some of the questions directed at kavanaugh last week. mazie hirono calling out his hostility for programs for native hawaiians, and by ext...

A big, important republican vote with margins this close. so, the mcconnell and schumer b the process of working on the math. getting the votes and holding on to the votes. >> exactly. and senator mccain, while hes remaining in arizona, he signaled his support for judge kavanaugh doing what he can to encourage his colleagues to back this vote. but it could come down to one vote at the very end of this. so, it is a very thin margin. of course, this is what mitch mcconnell does. he gets his caucus...

I dont know if this quite raises to the level of hostility but it sure doesnt look good. it looks like shes headed in that direction. she would have the most trouble with senators murkowski and collins in this case. thats why i think for a while it looked like it was between kethledge and kavanagh until mcconnell sort of made this last weekend overture. republicans like, hes from pennsylvania, used to drive a taxi, has a great story. now hes back in the mix as somebody who the president can real...

Overrule it. therefore, watch out, roe. >> interesting. kimberly atkins, one of the things interesting about the dynamics and some of the reporting last week was around this idea that perhaps a woman would be a better choice if youre trying to convince lisa murkowski, susan collins to vote for you. it seems the indication coming out of republican leaders in the senate is that actually picking amy coney barrett would be a very real risk for people like collins and murkowski. >> i think thats righ...

Insiders telling all three are strong choices. >> the list of finalists is the a-team. these are three terrific judges and honestly the president is not going to be going wrong by choosing any one of them. >> gillian: opposition groups are amping up the pressure in the homestretch. the aclu has now clawnched targeted ads in maine and alaska in an effort to get senators murkowski and collins to get answers from the candidates about their views on landmark issues such as roe v. wade. guys, back to...

Country. were a 51-49 senate. if he wants to throw an extreme conservative who basically says im not going to follow precedence, these laws, then yes, that to me is a major change and something the president should be sitting down with moderates on that advice and consent and say what would be good for america. >> but the reality is i think we know where this is headed on a partisan scale considering hes only looking at nominees prevetted. so we know hes going to pick a conservative. so i ask yo...

Support for the president trump character. but is he right? >> hes right to a degree. and the degree is this. evangelicals voted for this president predominantly, especially the ones on the fins, not the ones in alabama at the rallies, the ones who came held with their noses held to a degree, they voted for the supreme court. they believe he is gods chosen candidate for such a time as this. this is the word on the street in the evangelical world. and so along comes a second supreme court nominat...

Pressure on our democrats and on senators murkowski and collins is really important right now, and we have to play both an inside and an outside game in order to make sure that we actually can come up at the end with at least a consensus choice if there is a choice at all. >> michael steele, im curious, too. we hear about those meetings the president now sitting down talking to some of these senators. when it comes to a supreme court nomination, what are those conversations like? is there horse ...