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For years. and on top of all of that, john barry was also the lawyer that is freaking out the party right now. new jersey is one of those states that holds its statewide elections in off years. their race was not in 2012. it was in 2013. the next one will be in the fall of 2017. they hold their statewide elections in odd number of years. new jersey has been that way for a long time. virginia is the same way. there aren't many states who do that. one of the consequences of being an off-year election state is when they elect their governor in these weird, odd numbered years, they don't have a lo...

>> the reason there are nine justices, an odd number of justices, sometimes historically it's been seven as opposed to nine, but the reason you have an odd number of justices is so that you don't get a tie. and there have been a number of ties recently where the supreme court has not been able to make a decision because it's lacking that ninth justice. and that's not good for anybody. it's not good for litigants, it's not good for the rule of law, it's not good for this country. and i think this is very unfortunate that the senate has done what i think is their duty to advise and consent on th...

And the state, of course, has to be dispositive. doesn't matter if one candidate has 350 electoral, one state. but what made florida so important in 2000 was that it held the balance of the 270 electoral votes. the supreme court gets the case. whatever the lower court decision was supporting one side or the other would be affirmed, 4-4, if that's how the courts split. >> sounds like a not good result. for anyone involved. >> i mean, this is why the supreme court has an odd number of seats on it. >> become odd numbered because of the ginsburg factor now? ruth bader ginsburg statements made in a...

Merrick garland has been nominated. what are your thoughts? >> the reason there are nine justices, an odd number of justices, sometimes historically it's been seven as opposed to nine, but the reason you have an odd number of justices is so that you don't get a tie. and there have been a number of ties recently where the supreme court has not been able to make a decision because it's lacking that ninth justice. and that's not good for anybody. it's not good for litigants, it's not good for the rule of law, it's not good for this country. and i think this is very unfortunate that the senate has...

>> team clinton called it sexist, offensive. kantd clinton sees a deliberate pattern. >> nothing surprises me any more. i don't know that he has any boundaries at all. and his bigotry, his bluster, his bullying have become his campaign. >> the question then as we go from the odd number year into the election year, donald trump broke most of the rules of politics in 2015. the question is, does that work actually when we go looking at national polls where he's the leader and we go state by state where nominations are won can he turn what's been an unorthodox campaign into a winning campaign. >> ...