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Years? democracy is in play. you cannot be anymore severe or passionate. anybody that doesnt get that has got their head up their butt. >> certainly there is that idea that if the president is impeached here, is not removed and then wins re-election, how does that embolden him going forward when he never has to face voters again? >> go ahead, michael. >> i was going to say, you know, based on everything thats said around the table, here is where i come down on this. and this is really a question...

>> dont put it on speaker phone, that might disprove your point. michael steele, let me ask you about the republican approach which was a revelation to a lot of people and why david holmes was there yesterday, which was to say, you know, what else -- recount for us chapter and verse everything that was in that conversation? oh, you couldnt remember? why did it enough to asap rocky in sweden? he said i heard what i heard about ukraine and then he moved on to a different topic. republicans didnt h...

Like foreign policy being run this way, but i dont see enough here to remove an elected president from office. its an argument republicans may have made from the beginning, may have been more compelling, but they couldnt do it because the president was denying everything. is that a winning argument, something that can carry the day? >> yes. >> bad stuff but not impeachable? >> its the only argument. to your point they should have done it from the beginning. hey, look -- because what weve learned...

Pursue that testimony, susan, from john bolton and mick mulvaney and from mike pompeo, in other words, extending these hearings. or weve seen what we need to see, lets get on the record and lets go ahead and vote before christmas is what democrats are arguing. do you think well see john boltons testimony? >> not as yet. but it doesnt mean it wont happen if the doesnt mean that it cant be requested further down the line. it doesnt mean that -- we said this last hour, that the hearings are necessa...

I dont want to overstate it, but it just seems to be that everything is known at this point. everything is known over and over again. we heard the same narrative, the same quid pro quo narrative. and, you know, the only -- the only good thing in this whole process, to me, is that the american people have been allowed to see some great public servants who ordinarily dont get any attention for the good work that they do on behalf of the american people. >> jonathan, one of the things dr. hill did ...

Convincing picture of what happened and how concerning it was to the really impressive foreign policy professionals that weve seen. and at the same time, as you suggested, that it hasnt really shaken even if republicans are shaken in private, it hasnt shaken loose a single republican vote probably in the house or in the senate. i do want to take issue, though, with one thing that my good friend jeff goldberg said. he said everything is known. i think we have conclusive proof of fundamentally out...