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Stay out of the primary because at the time, obviously, there were lots of talk and considerations that hillary clinton would also run, and reid said, i'm going to stay neutral throughout this process, but you know, if you're worried that you don't have enough experience to run, the lack of experience for you could actually be an asset. and so, imagine being barack obama at the time, getting that sort of green light from someone like harry reid. they weren't particularly close. they were cordial, but they weren't close friends or anything. and so, that was really a seminal moment that led to b...

Mitch mcconnell had said the same thing that he had said back in 2010 when he failed to make president barack obama a one-term president, said he's going to do the same thing with joe biden. do you think chuck schumer, who, by the way, will be speaking shortly, everybody, at this memorial service, can he pull off for biden what harry reid did for barack obama? what do you think? >> i mean, i think that is what he's attempting to do, right? you see how he's working to shepherd through the build back better. they have already done some impressive things despite how ugly the sausage-making, as th...

Preponderance of the evidence. that means that it's more likely than not that their allegations are true, and of course, it's a sharp contrast to the high burden in criminal cases of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. and then, alex, to get to your question about whether these cases will make it to a jury, that largely depends upon what evidence comes out in the discovery process, because in civil cases, again, unlike criminal, there's robust discovery, and so the plaintiff is able to propound questions to the defendant that they're required to answer to. they have the ability to search for docu...

Or no witnesses at all. >> which is why pelosi maintaining her power and making sure that trump doesn't get the acquittal in january or february he's been holding for. >> reality is 50% support impeachment but 50% don't and the house process has not really moved the needle whatsoever. and there have been some polls out that after this house inquiry and the investigation, the support for impeachment has gone down and the president's approval rating has gone up. that is something that nancy pelosi cannot fight against. and the reality is she has control in the house and how they executed their i...

Anyway. and so, this potentially could be creating some pressure on mitch mcconnell. not every gop senator actually agrees with mcconnell that there shouldn't be witnesses. some feel the president should be able to call who they want. he is probably never going to be able to convince -- there are probably not enough gop senators in the senate, that says you can have just the witnesses. that creates a deal-making situation for the democrats, where they pull in mick mulvaney, who resisted, the subpoenas and the summonses from the house process. the president could be creating more leverage for n...