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Things done for people, whos incredibly divisive. i big piece of why democratic voters are responding so well to joe bidens message is hes talking about bringing the country together. it doesnt mean were going to agree on every detail. youve seen that throughout his career. there is a fundamental question here that i think is really important that is at the center of this campaign, which is, you know, are we going to put somebody forward who is going to bring people in, who is going to be able t...

Hes a member of the federalist society, et cetera. >> they say this about every republican supreme court nominee. every time we put somebody forward, look at kennedy all those years ago. they do the same playbook every time. chuck schumer says hell fight it. he has a slingshot and a pocketful of drier lint. he has nothing. its a mainstream conservative choice. donald trump has put the red state democrats in a real box. they can either go home and vote what the constituents want which is this guy...

>> yeah. i think watching what happened today is a really chilling mi o microcosm of what trump is doing. this is man with no policy understanding and no desire to learn. we saw this more glaringly than anywhere else. he put somebody forward who we knew -- reports are coming out we have known as long as 2012 that the man was suspect. he created a hostile work environment. he had no qualifications to run the v.a. he was reported to be drinking on the job. out of all the jobs in the country that s...

Past justices have had to do. >> the nominee cant get 60 votes, you dont change the rules. you change the candidate. >> he does not get 60 votes, the republicans owe the american people the obligation of bringing somebody forward who is more moderate. >> if democrats filibuster gorsuch, they would invoke the nuclear option. agree or disagree: the senate should confirm supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. joining us now, supreme court reporter for "usa today" and law professi professor at yal. has...

>> thats the thing. chris christie has become so popular because hes not afraid of taking swipes. when he came out and said it was republicans blocking sandy aide people, finally, there was a man who said things straight. he has an approach that is very attractive. it may not be attractive to gop primary voters and i think theyll have another chance to have this internal debate, really, a civil war within themselves. are they going to put somebody forward who is popular with the greater populati...