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President. trumps economy, immigration policy, tax cuts and tweets, but at the last moment a new issue has emerged and completely transformed the political calculation. of course thats the brett kavanaugh nomination. democrats are angry about it and fired up in opposition to kavanaugh, but more importantly could be the reaction of many republicans. in some cases they are not even behind the nominee. as a complicated question so we have asked to talk to our favorite correspondent gillian turner w...

Talking points, don? >> yes. >> where cia was pushed into a point of high political torque because the white house did not want to handle it itself. and frankly the only right answer there for the agency was we dont write talking points. you write them, well check the spelling. the fbi cant do that. they do do investigations. they do background investigations. and so when this is thrust on them, theyve got to do it, but they are in this moment of high political torque because the senate didnt ha...

But at the last moment a new issue has emerged and completely transformed the political calculation. of course, thats the brett kavanaugh nomination. democrats are angry about it and fired up in opposition to kavanaugh, but more importantly could be the reaction of many republicans. who are every bit as mad -- in some cases, they are madder and not even behind the nominee. it is a complicated question so we have asked to talk to our favorite correspondent, gillian turner, who has the numbers.s.o...

Christine blasey fords attorney saying hey, look, this investigation, basically saying it was a sham. the republicans saying weve done everything, hes been investigated seven times. what do you think? >> well, being of my background, i immediately thought of similar circumstances for the agencies i was a part of. do you remember the benghazi talking points, don? where cia was pushed into a point of high political torque because the white house did not want to handle it itself. and frankly, the o...

They were talking, turning out new polls. i dont know how much more energized each side can be. the trump base lives on its crude, crass, you know, musings. im not sure how much pumped they were going to get but the political conventional wisdom that i dont buy is that theyre more pumped now. and the other side is -- has been -- is as agitated today as they were since election day. what do you make with the speed we dove into one of the most craven political conversations ive ever witnessed in m...

Again. >> i dont think so either. plus, he knows someone will come in and save him. >> cheese balls are worth getting your head stuck in a jar. and i speak from words of wisdom. we are less than three hours away now from when the senate will cast its first votes on brett kavanaugh. as we sit here, we dont know which way this vote will go. the votes of these four senators were showing you are crucial. were going to check in on the ground in their home states to see which way they might be leani...

Your wisdom, smarts. tell me what you thinks happens here. susan collins, following her heart, following her brain, following the political instincts of maine? >> you know, we were going to find out in a few hours. im wondering if theres something significant in the scheduling 3:00 p.m. today and not stretching it out any further. you know? getting through the procedural voterier today. you know? i think everybodys got a hunch here. i kind of think shes trying to get herself to a yes on this. bu...

Mika, red sox fans. >> okay. in tennessee where president trump rallied on monday, republican marsha blackburn is leading phil bredesen by 5 points. thats a real switch. >> thats going to be a tough battle which i would guess is probably going to go down to the very end because, wow, bredesens favorable ratings in the state of tennessee are numbers that any politician would dream for. >> thats right. and breesen is the candidate that needs to win if democrats are going to pull off a surprising f...

Stays quite robust. republican interest is also growing. thats important because the enthusiasm gap prior had been something that generated a lot of optimism for democrats. the conventional wisdom was democrats saw these midterms as a chance to potentially hobble the trump administration. now the change that were seeing is that republican enthusiasm is starting to catch up and grow significantly closer to democratic enthusiasm. that means the lead the democrats would have going into the midterms...

State may bear out as we move forward. texas, weve seen some numbers in the last 24 hours or so indicating that the surge in support that beto orourke had potentially may not bare out. we get polling data and we always try to pore over it and try to read the tea leaves, but ultimately, polls are useless until october. thats why these numbers coming out are going to dispel a lot of conventional wisdom that cal calcified over the last several months. >> and what you want to look at is trend lines.