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On the left have become fond over this weekend, pointing out that the senators who voted yes represent 143 million people, senators who voted no represent 181 million people. memo to the framers. that can't be fixed right now. but is this just a strategy, sam, of kind of doubling down and taking that 40% out for another spin? >> yeah, i think so. i mean, it's not just the senate and the disproportionate representation there. when you talk to people who are deeply hurt by this whole process, they would point out, correctly so, that presidents who have lost the popular vote have appointed the la...

And see, buckle up, and i'll see you at the polls? because republicans say they're just as energize as democrats now? >> we'll have to see. at the beginning of the kavanaugh process, particularly when christine blasey ford came out with her allegations, you did feel the republican party, some fear about how this was going and how this would affect the midterms. further energizing particularly democratic and independent women. and there was a tide turn, as this continued to roll out where republicans started to really resent and get energized based on how brett kavanaugh was being written about...

Has decided to point his twitter feed at you, which can put the spotlight on you, and perhaps lift you a couple poll points. this is such a -- such an i think open contest on the democratic side that there is no reason not to run. and i'll say one nice thing about a democrat who his name has not been brought up, amy klobuchar. if there is anybody who came out of the whole kavanaugh process looking better, it might be amy klobuchar. he complimented her. he apologized and complimented her by saying thank you for asking good questions today. you're right, i don't actually think that he is 100% th...

Politics by another means, where does that leave the institution? this has been sliding down this hill for some time. now you're in a place, 50-49 for a lifetime appointment, and the american people look at it from two very different ends of the spectrum. >> you know, but it can't go unmentioned that democrats typically don't vote because of the court. that is not a motivating factor in the democratic base. they haven't been able to make them care about. the same way republicans do. republicans go to vote, because the supreme court justices. that's one of the reasons donald trump is president....

That lost will be more motivated to vote in the mid terms than the side that -- in a month's time, the news cycle is pretty fast in this environment. but in a month's time, the democrats, because they feel they were wronged here, will be more motivated to come out and vote. >> yeah, and i think that part of it for us, for the progressives among us, i think the real question has to be, and then what? so there were a number of people who were urging people to call their senators, to make sure they voted appropriately. and then i would say and then what, right? so susan collins is someone that pe...