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We saw this with the tillerson nomination but you have 52 republican senators everybody gets to pretend i am the crucial 51st vote giving everybody leverage was the more you can pass that lead to the republicans the more the white house has leverage over senators rather than senators having leverage over the white house but we do see this every administration where they try, there is a tradition of picking someone from the other party for one cabinet position. i also think this isn't just about cabinet picks. it is not entirely just about senators. it is about the image of the parties. one of ...

Much, right. >> gnaw -- nah. donald trump won 306 electoral votes. you need 270 to win. is it conceivably possible that 37 electors would be what we call faithless? it has happened in the past, that one or two or here there, faithless in protest, not voting the way the voters of the state have ordained. this is, remember a federal republic, not a direct demock estimate they have agency. now they face consequences at home. every state has a different law what the penalty for an elector who doesn't follow state laws are. but let's say you get that many electors, some brag, may be as many as 20 t...

To the state capital in 50 states plus the district of columbia and cast a vote directed by the public in each state am a very clear that trump has had a big victory there and there is no defection. the idea that you will take 538 people and give them a national security briefing over the weekend, something that is an absurd challenge at this point makes no sense to me and it is purely partisan crybaby as far as i'm concerned. martha: what do you think? >> i don't think there is going to be a chance of anything like this happening. they don't get security clearances, but the bigger reason is o...

Donald trump barely won that state. it was a surprise. there were other states where he carried it big like west virginia. estate like florida will be interesting for bill nelson who is up for reelection. who else is on this list? heidi height camp from north dakota. that is part of her calculation as well which is if i don't take this cabinet post and i listen to the democrats pressuring me to tell president know, i might face a really hard reelection battle and lose my seat anyway in north dakota. martha: thank you, good to see you. with more on this is senior editor of the "national review"...

But another republican vote in the senate for his nomination, his agenda like tax cuts and that is why this is multidimensional chess, not just about cabinet picks. martha: you have to wonder what the democrats are able to offer these two senators that is more enticing than a spot in the president's cabinet. >> reporter: it could be a committee post like the appropriations committee which oversees all federal spending, a seat on the finance committee which oversees all tax policies, that is very powerful also, putting together what is going to be the new version of obamacare, healthcare, could...