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Quickly is i think that there's no indication from the senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell, that he is looking for a deal here. i think that he worries that this might be a populist plan. he would rather not give the credit to biden and he wants biden to deal with political fallout that comes with a big price tag. you have to look at it down the road. this is politics. this is why we don't have a january 6 commission. that's about politics and this is about politics. shannon: kristin, to that point about polling, the administration pointed to this quite a bit, saying it's bipartisan, even ...

With independent voters. they realize this impeachment thing which they can't seem to stop now because of their hatred of this president. it is going to cost them their majority. ed: on the polling point that you make, why the democrats shifted it to bribery, allegations of bribery, they thought that would sell better with the people. last question for you, if the political climate on impeachment and other matters is so food for you, why 20 house republicans announced retirement, only eight democrats have done that? it makes it hard to take back majority, peter king in the new york, you see nu...

Illness compared to being a danger to other people more likely to be -- >> that is whey meant to say. f that is not what i did say. >> i knew that is what you meant to say. >> one polling point to bolster this to walkway makes no sense politically, 90%, in a fox news poll, the one we talked about last segment, 90% of people support universal background checks including 89% of self-identified republicans. there is zero bipartisan support for anything in washington or outside. this is actually something where if you do it, you have the vast majority of the country for it. >> and yet the question...

Impossible. it also make the house very hard to govern whoever the speaker is because they will want investigation after investigation, there are others who are not going to want to go down that path. >> that polling point, i do think there's a feeling that no one here could possibly admit they were a trump supporter when in fact in a lot of the country there would be pressure not to admit you were a hillary supporter. i don't think the polling has any secret trump supporters in there. for that reason entirely. if you're a red state you're not raising your hand that you're a hillary supporter....

Trump. that is 42%. 42% of republican voters feel the billionaire businessman is the one most qualified to handle the economy. now, to put that into context, 42% equate of the combined total of carson, rubio, kashich, bush, fiorina and huckabee. essentially that's the next seven candidates. now, that's an important mark because when republican voters were asked which issue is most important to them in deciding the eventual nominee, economic issues top the list ahead of national security, immigration, and social issues. trump also stands atop the list for voters voters who think he e most quali...