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They were about the judges temperame temperament, saying it wasnt worthy of someone that wanted to be on the supreme court. they said the senator said temperament is important, and the senator said she was compassionate and understanding about why the lawyers were there. they say the senator told them this was an intense experience. the lawyers told the senator that when she comes back here to alaska after she votes no, they will have her back. its very important to point out that she hasnt said...

Vote no. and it could provide cover for joe manchin or heidi heitkamp, north carolina potentially, lets assume theyre no and lets assume in a 51-49 senate you cant lose more than one senator, then your old boss would have to break that tie. do you envision it coming down to that? >> i dont, really. in fact, i think this fbi investigation is going to make it even harder for some of the red state democrats who had the excuse, like joe donnelly in indiana where i am right now, to say he was voting ...

You have the hollywood access tape where hes referring to womens body parts in the a derofwaer to way. a and then now you have brett kavanaugh maybe hes innocent, maybe hes guilty. at some point maybe the fbi will figure it out. the point is that the republicans have a messaging problem, an image problem. as we look at the future of the party more and more women will be voting, more and more women are gal vannized to take it to the polls and republicans need to get it together wondering whether ...

Entirely right. if this is something that can give the red state democrats enough cover to say i can vote against him, it continues to jeopardize his actual confirmation, because suddenly you take the heidi heitkamps off the table, you take the joe donnellys off the table and suddenly you have to wonder about flake and corker and others who might jump ship. >> collins and murkowski, do they have the keys to the kingdom? >> sure, they do. if they were to announce they were voting no, that would b...

Having opposed something universally that republicans site as the reason why we are having to pick up we are having? >> its totally going to put democrats in a difficult position because it will force them to vote against permanent tax cuts for ordinary americans, of course. the individual taxpayers were only given 10 years whereas corporations weres were given inpurr pew throughout tax cuts. republicans blue states on the coast people like dana roar back and others peter king in new york. repub...

Kavanaugh says at this hearing. theyve announced ahead of time they are voting no, and most of the democrats in the senate have announced that in the full senate. but everyone should understand judge kavanaugh has handed over more documents than any nominee, more than the last five combined, republican and democratic nominees. this is not about documents. its not about qualification. its not about record. what it is about is politics. it is about democratic senators trying to relitigate the 2016...

Options in terms of stopping this nomination. jon: on a related note, california senator kamala harris said she wanted more documents, and she got kind of an interesting response from republican senator tom cotton of arkansas. he wrote this, he said, youve already said youre voting no, without a hearing, or even meeting with him. your mind is made up, senator kamala harris, you dont need any more documents. thats kind of an interesting counter to her argument. >> right. well, i think he makes a ...

Democrats have really run out of options in terms of stopping this nomination. jon: on a related note, california senator kamala harris said she wanted more documents, and she got kind of an interesting response from republican senator tom cotton of arkansas. he wrote this, he said, youve already said youre voting no, without a hearing, or even meeting with him. your mind is made up, senator kamala harris, you dont need any more documents. thats kind of an interesting counter to her argument. >>...

Throwing sand in the gears. this is a man who has a massive, massive paper trail who is being nominated. and scrutinizing that will take some time. mcconnell said he wants to hold a vote by september or october. that is a very, very fast track to put someone like kavanaugh on. so democrats, similar to the rationale for voting no, theres opportunity for delay here and scrutiny if democrats choose to take them. >> and briefly, in addition to his time on the appeals court, brett kavanaugh served fo...

In the senate. there are a lot of things they can do to delay this process as much as possible. and one interesting thing about kavanaugh in that front, he has a massive paper trail. y making sure that all the proper paperwork is delivered to the judiciary committee, the review the completed before the committee holds its hearings, there are ample opportunities. this is a man who has a massive, massive paper trail who is being nominated. he wants to hold a vote by september or october. that is a...