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That a lot of republicans may not agree with. she famously issued an opinion reading, quote, presidents are not kings. essentially forcing don mcgahn, the former white house counsel to testify in a congressional investigation of then president donald trump. what do you think might be the most controversial of her decision information the past that may come up in this process? >> i think its that one. i think that it is also because she wasnt conservative. when you think about the process we just...

Marks on this report card. being speaker is tough, an i certainly appreciate pauls willingness to assume that role and take on that responsibility, but when he did, he said he would be a courageous conservative, and hes been neither. he didnt have the courage to bring immigration to the floor. he didnt have the courage to bring gun legislation to the floor where there was bipartisan support for some elements of gun prevention legislation, and he certainly wasnt conservative. what was already a l...

Has that more than anyone else. that doesnt mean hes going to win, but he brings an advantage to the table that we havent seen yet, and the race hasnt even started, from a lot of the rest of the field. >> so, one of the things that a lot of people sort of diagnosed in the 2016 match-ups was the asymmetry of running against trump. first for the 16 republicans rn against him. jeb bush ran an ad that said he wasnt conservative. hes the least conservative person running. hillary clinton was a tradit...

The confident space that he can still get through this. of course, there were plenty of republicans who raised concerns about kavanaugh, from people on sort of the breitbart, far right anti-immigration space, to folks who parsed some of the comments he made about abortion issues and assessed that he wasnt conservative enough on that question. without a doubt, kavanaugh had his detractors, speaking quite broadly, he generally speaking had it overwhelming support from republicans. or at least was ...

Who parsed some of the comments he made about abortion issues and assessed that he wasnt conservative enough on that question. without a doubt, kavanaugh had his detractors, speaking quite broadly, he generally speaking had it overwhelming support from republicans. or at least was endorsed as totally acceptable. >> i just spoke to senator lindsey graham who said the timing of this was very suspicious and you have to prove to me that hes not the guy he says he is. and sam stein, greg go, ahead. t...

Need republican vote. its a 62-48 majority, and they have legislations such as tax reform, that they need everybody on board four. what sort of comes down to, are you willing to lose a seat to a democrat? we just dont know. >> shepard: our political reporters tell us that a former republican senator from alabama is not a guarantee to yes on necessarily on any of president trumps agenda items. is that true? >> that is true. that something we remember from the obamacare -- he said it wasnt conserv...

Governing party. for seven years this was the centerpiece of what they said theyd do. they got into the place, they controlled the both houses and the white house, they didnt have an alternative. they had nothing plausible to go to the american people and say, heres what well do. because if they had it, they would have done it. they didnt have it, so they didnt do it. thats why they couldnt get it done here because the country got more enamored of obamacare as they looked and saw what the republ...

Country, and only 44% of democrats in the news media have a positive effect on the 46 per say its influence on the country is negative. thats from democrats. even a plurality of democrats are no longer fans of the media. how did this go so wrong? is it different from now than before? >> its a different and that its getting worse. its getting worse. its not new that conservatives dont like the media. i wrote a book that came out in 2001 called "biased." that was groundbreaking at the time when i ...

Welfare like this kind. why do they want their name on it when they have to go back to the con ser va i was t. i supported something like obamacare. why would they want to do it? i dont get it. >> the politics are complicated for republicans. privately some republicans tell me especially the staffers they wouldnt mind if the bill fell apart. the moderates could say they stopped this from happening, they protected the coverage. conservatives could say this wasnt conservative enough but they got o...

Democrats are optimistic. you asked about early voting. it looked strong. we went there yesterday to a couple of polling places to talk to voters about the race. we talked to one woman in particular who is excited and democrats are making a comeback in the district. >> it is time to have the sixth district represented by someone who represents the districts values. we are certainly progressive and centrist here. not just conservative. we have not had a congress member that wasnt conservative in ...