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Really isn't expected to change very much. also, i do think that it's worth noting that the democrats clearly expect the president to take any defections and run with them, whether or not we knew in advance, as both of you guys pointed out, we did know that he was going to be a no on these articles. but the president is going to try to make hay and use it as a distraction, he does not want to be an poichimpeached president. and anything he can do to shift the focus from himself to people who disagree with this decision, he is going to try to do. that doesn't make the decision any easier for th...

Jeff drew. as we have this conversation this morning, manu, he is a democrat but he met with the president on sffriday, he's talking about switching parties and he's already announced he will vote no on both articles of impeachment. republicans are casting this as a show of courage by a democrat leaving his party because of this misguided impeachment. the facts really are he was probably about to lose the democratic prime and he's trying to find a way to personally survive. >> he's under water and he will have a difficult chance. a lot of this is personal political survival for jeff drew, who ...

President hasn't paid any political -- hasn't paid any -- hasn't taken any political hits for this. the numbers have stayed the same generally on impeachment and generally on his approval. what he's talking about this being good for him politically is the fundraising has shot up from the base. volunteer efforts for his campaign, from his base, have shot up. and he will keep that house republican caucus, which is, frankly, the base, intact through this vote. >> that helps, the gin up of the republican base, you see in the polling, it's keeping the republicans discipline. so the house will vote ...