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Ruins the politics of america. he repeals basically the voting rights act by eliminating section v, a sacred right and i am worried judge gorsuch is similar. he's going to claim he's independent but he has not exhibited any real independence whatsoever. and with this president, independence is more called for than ever. >> you have been outspoken including talking to me on the show that there will be a filibuster. he's going to have to meet a 60-vote threshold, that republicans won't be aapprove him. in order to get to that 60-vote threshold, you need to hold 41 members of your own caucus toge...

And with this president, independence is more called for than ever. >> you have been outspoken including talking to me on the show that there will be a filibuster. he's going to have to meet a 60-vote threshold, that republicans won't be aapprove him. in order to get to that 60-vote threshold, you need to hold 41 members of your own caucus together in order to get that filibuster threshold. are you sure you will have that? the white house and right wing media have said the filibuster won't hold. >> well, the good old right wing media as usual slants news, a number of senators have said there o...

Roberts assured us he'd call balls and strikes. he gets in office and his court does citizens united, a huge break with precedent that ruins, ruins the politics of america. he repeals basically the voting rights act by eliminating section v, a sacred right and i am worried judge gorsuch is similar. he's going to claim he's independent but he has not exhibited any real independence whatsoever. and with this president, independence is more called for an ever. >> you have been outspoken including talking to me on the show that there will be a filibuster. he's going to have to meet a 60-vote thres...

Opposition but the progressive side has the upper hand and they're warning moderates like joe manchin and heitkamp, be careful because we want to be a strong opposition here. >> we should note harry reid has gotten rid of the filibuster for cabinet nominees and lower court judges but preserved it, crucially to your point, which i think is key to understand how monumental it will be. even though he got rid of the filibuster threshold for those other nominees it was preserved for the supreme court. so if mitch mcconnell were to be the one to strike that, that would be the last straw. it would be...

Him signaling to the progressive wing of the party, the more left of the party that are more agitated that i'll obey your thinking. it's a difficult time for the opposition but the progressive side has the upper hand and they're warning moderates like joe manchin and heitkamp, be careful because we want to be a strong opposition here. >> we should note harry reid has gotten rid of the filibuster for cabinet nominees and lower court judges but preserved it, crucially to your point, which i think is key to understand how monumental it will be. even though he got rid of the filibuster threshold f...