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The politics and the personalities involved, how do you think hell be received by his colleagues? >> i think hell embrace them. they know him well personally and its not their job to pick their colleagues. they have nine people that have to work together. its the job of the senate and the president to decide who those people are. and as gloria mentioned, they have worked with justice thomas, just by a very similar allegation. that said, now we have justice thomas and brett kavanaugh on the supre...

Wave. were now in this incredible moment as weve been discussing earlier in the show, were looking at thursday right now. two big things could happen. one how the supreme court nomination plays out is going to directly affect one of the central dynamics of the voting behavior that were looking at in these mid-terms which is how women vote across the country in all of these states and certainly at the house level in a lot of key districts. republicans are, you know, the president decides how he h...

Case because you spoke to people who filter or who may not like the messenger. they might be offended by some of those things that he has to say. but they filter through, they take what they want. >> yes. >> melissa: do you see that as becoming a theme? because there are those who have said, you know what? i do not like his style. but i like the result. and im just getting used to the style. it does not bother me as much anymore. >> oftentimes party ideas is the strongest predictor of voting beh...

Theyre going to have to do what we did about the border. theyre going to have to do what we did about the aca, that is the only way the most adee logical -- hes going to pick someone thats the youngest person he can so theyll be there for my great grandchildren to see. heres the issue, this is a marathon, not a sprint. they have five, six seven people theyre going to want to push through. its not just about stopping the first person. its about stopping as many people as possible until november 9...

We did about the aca, that is the only way the most adee logical -- hes going to pick someone thats the youngest person he can so theyll be there for my great grandchildren to see. heres the issue, this is a marathon, not a sprint. they have five, six seven people theyre going to want to push through. its not just about stopping the first person. its about stopping as many people as possible until november 9th when people vote. if this can turn into voting behavior. >> thats my challenge. democr...

Right? >> if we summarize that, that is the guise of trickle down economics, the idea with the greater resources that the company gets, theyll be able to invest more in the workforce and build more american products. >> has that happened so far? >> it clearly has not happened in the case of harley davidson. if we find little examples where it does happen, the question is it permanent or really just an example of politics trying to demonstrate that it might have occurred when in fact, at the end ...

>> has that happened so far? >> it clearly has not happened in the case of harley davidson. if we find little examples where it does happen, the question is it permanent or really just an example of politics trying to demonstrate that it might have occurred when in fact, at the end of the day, the firm is interested in profit maximization and trying to enrich itself, not necessarily to workers benefits. >> you wanted to say something, rich. >> i was going to agree with the other mans comment. he...

Than 24 seats. four times they have gained less. twice once under clinton and party under president bush the party in power lost ground. its a toss-up. steve: this is what we are coming down to right now. back at the first of the year, the democrats held close to a 13 point advantage in the generic who would you vote for for congress, a democrat or republican. >> thats right. steve: now its narrowing. brian was talking about the monday moth poll. it has got to be the tax cut. >> the tax cut is t...

Yes, cheryl. but right now the democrats have a double digit lead in the mid-terms which traditionally if it holds up translates into pretty substantial double digit gains in seats. there are a couple of republican seats in arizona and nevada that are vulnerable. so far the economic benefits that you talk about, which are real, havent translated into real world impact on peoples lives in a way that impacts voting behavior. so democrats are in pretty good shape as we go into 2018. >> chris, final...

Thats held by a lot of people who believe many diplomacy that our secretary of state is unable do anything to really soften what the american position is and try to soften another country. so we see escalation with country after country. and then as he says, corker says, binary choice of war or not war. and then the other thing thats going on if corker wanted to help tillerson talking to a reporter and saying hes been castrated does not help his position in any way, shape or form. >> back to tho...