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He had a campaign manager who was very pro-russia, worked for a pro-ukrainian candidate. he praised vladimir putin during the campaign. and that alarmed a lot of republican hawks who think of vladimir putin as one of the major adversaries of the united states. there was a big question, will his secretary of state conform with that world view or pick someone different? mitt romney would have been very different. tillerson, we know hars a long record doing deals in russia, a close relationship with vladimir putin. actually awarded a special state award from vladimir putin, and so his confirmatio...

Lee za rice. it is possible his nomination could become a proxy fight on the whole issue of russia. today we heard from three republican members of the senate foreign relations committee expressing concern about the russian meddling, saying there ought to be an investigation. that is a sign that i think the trump people need to at least pay attention. it would be hard to block tillerson from being confirmed, but you could have a debate in the senate foreign relations committee that is not helpful. >> i talked to a senior democrat this weekend who said the democrats cannot get app oh plek tick ...

Say that until kanye west has a position we'll discussi, so the other stuff we know now. >> the dnc fight, the next person's job like democrats across the country not engaging in these ideological fights but as you mentioned, there is a bit of a proxy fight. tom perez comes from the obama/clinton world of things and keith ellison, the democratic congressman from minnesota is more from the bernie sanders world and i think that proxy fight will be part of the background in this dnc chair race but it should be noted both men are progressives. they both are pretty much agreed on all the issues. i ...

People like jim bakker and konz lee za rice. it is possible his nomination could become a proxy fight on the whole issue of russia. today we heard from three republican members of the senate foreign relations committee expressing concern about the russian meddling, saying there ought to be an investigation. that is a sign that i think the trump people need to at least pay attention. it would be hard to block tillerson from being confirmed, but you could have a debate in the senate foreign relations committee that is not helpful. >> i talked to a senior democrat this weekend who said the democr...

The republicans can't afford even one defection. we are looking at a 10-9 balance. even if he does clear a committee, republicans have about a 52-seat majority in the senate. you hear decent coming from john mccain and lindsay graham. even if tillerson makes it to the floor, they can't afford many defections and it's not clear he would with the rules that were changed by democrats clear a confirmation vote on the senate floor. >> if the choice is tillerson vshz romney, either way this is a proxy fight over the question of russian involvement in the election. you have romney and of course it wa...