OTR: Will impeachment run out of steam by the time it reaches Senate? Share Updated: 12:13 PM EST Jan 17, 2021 Share Updated: 12:13 PM EST Jan 17, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript OUR SUNDAY ROUNDTABLE HAS COME -- >> WE’RE JOINED THIS MORNING BY DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL ANALYST MARY ANNE MARSH AND REPUBLICAN POLITICAL ANALYST ROB GRAY. YOU JUST HEARD JIM MCGOVERN. DO YOU THINK THE SENATE WILL LOSE GAS BY THE TIME A TRIAL OF DONALD TRUMP BEGINS AFTER HE LEAVES OFFICE? MARY ANNE: NO IT WILL START IN A MATTER OF DAYS AND THAT WILL BE DETERMINED WHEN DEMOCRATS TAKE CONTROL OF THE SENATE, WITH THE NEWLY ELECTED SENATORS OF GEORGIA. THERE WILL BE A TRIAL TO IMPEACH AND CONVICT. THEY WILL ALSO DO COVID RELIEF AND A HOST OF OTHER THINGS. THEY CAN DO ALL OF THESE THINGS, THEY JUST NEED TO GET STARTED. THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN ANY DAY NOW. ED: THE CONGRESSMAN SAID A COUPLE OF TIMES THEY CAN WALK AND CHEW GUM AT THE SAME TIME, CAN THEY? ROB: A LOT OF IT WILL BE UP TO JOE BIDEN, DOES HE PERSIST OR TAMP IT DOWN. AS IT INTERFERING WITH THE CONFIRMATION OF HIS COMPANY AND AGENDA AND ATTENTION ON HIS AGENDA. A LOT OF IT WILL BE UP TO A NATIONAL MEDIA THAT IS ADDICTED TO THE RATINGS THAT TRUMP BRINGS. THE RATINGS THAT AN IMPEACHMENT WOULD BRING. THAT WILL CROWD OUT JOE BIDEN’S MESSAGE. MARY ANNE: THEY WILL DO ALL OF THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A COUP, IF THAT IS NOT IMPEACHABLE, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS. ROB: IT MAY HAPPEN, I DO NOT DOUBT IT MAY HAPPEN. BUT IT COULD FADE. JANET: I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PRIVATE SECTOR. SOME CORPORATIONS ARE SUSPENDING DONATIONS TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO VOTED AGAINST ELECTION CERTIFICATION. WHILE THE VAST MAJORITY HAVE NOT. ARE THESE TEMPORARY MEASURES NOTHING MORE THAN A DEFENSIVE MEASURE FOR THOSE BENDING ALTERNATIONS? ROB: MOST OF IT IS WINDOWDRESSING TO SATISFY A CANCEL MOB CALLING FOR IT. PART OF IT IS A LOT OF IT THESE CORPORATIONS DO NOT LIKE TO PLAY THE PARTICLE GAME. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF GETTING OUT OF POLITICS AND THE HEADACHES IT BRINGS. IT WILL NOT LAST. A YEAR FROM NOW PEOPLE WILL B BACK TO THEIR INTEGRAL -- THE REGULAR PATTERNS. JANET: IS IT NO MORE THAN A CANCEL MOB? MARY ANNE: NO IT IS NOT. IT IS THE BARE MINIMUM A CORPORATION CAN DO. THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO VOTED AGAINST CERTIFICATION SHOULD BE BANNED AND ULTIMATELY I THINK THEY WILL BE EXPELLED OR CHARGED CRIMINALLY FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN A COUP. THE MISTAKE THE CORPORATIONS ARE MAKING THINK WE ARE NOT GIVING MONEY TO ANYBODY. DO NOT WANT DEMOCRATS WITH A MOP REPUBLICAN OPERATIONS THAT TRY TO TAKE DOWN OUR GOVERNMENT. ED: MASSACHUSETTS IS NOW 25TH OUT OF 50 STATES IN GETTING THE VACCINE DISTRIBUTED AND INTO THE ARMS OF FOLKS. SHOULD WE JUST REMAIN PATIENT OR IS THERE SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG? MARY ANNE: BY ANY MEASURE, MASSACHUSETTS AS A FAILURE WHEN IT COMES TO VACCINATIONS. WE ARE LAST IN NEW ENGLAND, EVERY OTHER STATE IS BEATING US INCLUDING MAINE. WEST VIRGINIA, NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA IS BEATING US. WEST VIRGINIA. THIRD FOREST STATE IN THE COUNTRY, WE ARE 25TH. THEY ARE NUMBER 1, 2 AND THREE. WE HAVE THE HIGHEST RATE OF DEATH PER CAPITA. NUMBER THREE IN THE COUNTRY BEHIND NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY. WEST VIRGINIA USED THE NATIONAL GUARD TO GET THE VACCINATIONS DISTRIBUTED. NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTH DAKOTA, HAVE GEOGRAPHIC CHALLENGES OF DISTANCE AND RURAL AREAS MORE THAN ANY OTHER STATES AND THEY ARE GETTING IT DONE. WHERE THE HEALTH CARE CAPITAL, ONE OF THE RICHEST STATES AND WE HAVE FALLEN ON OUR FACED. -- OUR FACE. ED: IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG? ROB: WE REMAIN PATIENT ON TESTING AND THERE’S STILL NOT ENOUGH. WE REMAIN PATIENT ON SCHOOLS, HALF OF KIDS ARE NOT IN SCHOOL. I AGREE. I DON’T THINK I’M GOING TO BE PATIENT ON THE VACCINATION. IT IS TIME TO MOVE TO THE 75 PLUS CATEGORY, GET THE SHOTS AND STOP DOING THIS STAGED ROLLOUT. MARY ANNE: BRING IN THE NATIONAL GUARD. JANET: LET’S SWITCH OVER TO CITY POLITICS. LOTS OF NAMES BEING BANDIED ABOUT TO REPLACE MARTY WALSH. ONE OF THE MOST WELL KNOWN NAMES: WILLIE GROSS. WHAT ARE THE PROS AND CONS IF HE RUNS? ROB: I THINK THIS RACE WILL COME DOWN TO HOW MANY CANDIDATES ARE IN IT AND HOW TO VOTE AS BULLETS. THE PITFALLS FOR HIM IS THAT HE HAS NEVER RUN. BEING A FIRST-TIME CANDIDATE IS ALWAYS A HURDLE. SANTIAGO, WU, CAMPBELL, START OF WITH AN ADVANTAGE. JANET: MARIANNE? -- MARY ANN? MARY ANNE: DOES BOSTON WANT TO MARRY WHO MET WITH GEORGE BAR IN THE WAKE OF GEORGE FLOYD’S DEATH WHO THEN MISHANDLED A PROTEST IN BOSTON AND CLAIMED IT WAS NT PEOPLE THAT CAUSED THE PROBLEMS TO FIND OUT IT WAS ONE OF HIS OFFICERS CAUSED PROBLEMS. BY THE WEIGHT WE FOUND OUT THAT ONE OF HIS OFFICERS ATTENDED THE TO IN WASHINGTON -- COUP IN WA SHINGTON. IS THAT THE PERSON YOU WANT? ED: IT WAS RUMORED FOR WEEKS, YET EVEN MARTY WALSH’S TEAM WRITING HIS STATE OF THE CITY DIDN’T KNOW HE WAS ABOUT TO BE NOMINATED AS JOE BIDEN’S LABOR SECRETARY. IN HIS STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS HE MADE PROMISES TO BOSTONIANS WITH UNGUARDED EMOTION. >> THE TRUTH IS I AM NOT GOING TO WASHINGTON ALONE. I AM BRINGING BOSTON WITH ME. THE CITY IS NOT JUST MY HOMETOWN, IT IS MY HEART. ED: AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, IS NOT FAIR TO ASK YOU THIS QUESTION, WHAT ABOUT HIS LEGACY AND WHAT GAP CAN’T BE FILLED, IF ANY? MARY ANNE: NO ONE HAS HANDLED IT BETTER THAN MARTY WALSH. BEFORE THAT HE HAD THE CITY ON A RENAISSANCE, ALL OF IT HAS TO BE PREPARED T HAS LED -- BUT HE HAS LEFT A GREAT FOUNDATION. ED: ROB? ROB: HE BALANCED WORKING PEOPLE’S INTEREST AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN A WAY THAT PEOPLE DID NOT EXPECT FROM EIGHT LABOR LEADER. HE WAS FRIEN