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Merrick garland. also, he may agree enough is enough as we're going to get this guy through because you heard him very clearly stating that this is what i promised. i'm a man of my word and i'm giving the base what i believe they elected me to do. >> yeah, he's going to be giving his base what they want. his base. but in terms of the rest of the country, the precedence is going to be set for destroying how the senate operates at a fundamental level. the average voter may not care about it but what you're basically going to do is create a toxic and dysfunctional environment and make the last ei...

Folks are about the supreme court pick, take a look outside chuck schumer's house in brooklyn. democrats want a fight but how much of this is about neil gorsuch and how much of it is a proxy for democratic frustration in general? dating back to the election. can this nomination be blocked? chris kofinis is a democratic strategist along with robert traynum. how much of this is about this judge which everyone would look at his resume and say impressive and how much is it about democrats still mad about merrick garland and the election and a whole lot of things? >> it's a complex mixture of both....

Has happened over the last year, democrats have to energize their base and be standing up for something. they have to be fighting for something. when you're talking about a supreme court justice, somebody is going to be there for 20 years, that's something you have to fight over. >> okay. i'm just getting told in my ear and so i'm going to go to you with this, robert. donald trump just said to the pool spray, in the roosevelt room, that is he going to encourage mitch mcconnell to go nuclear. are you surprised at all by that? >> wow. well, that's clearly breaking news if in fact that is accurat...

Numbers and what's caused it, let's bring in your panel. victoria difrancesco, professor of mexican-american studies at university of texas. robert traynum, former bush senior adviser and eleanor clift at the day by beast. robert 50shgs% in this abc poll that just came out. as you watch the numbers grow not only in terms of the gap, that 50% is a major barometer to be watching here, hitting that bench mark. >> -- is not making any headway whatsoever with the american voter out there, particularly with independents who typically make um their minds at the last minute. it seems like paced based ...

>> do you think, robert? do you think that it will extend to the republicans? do you think they will hail the health care law? >> probably not. it's clearly something that they all ran against and governor romney's campaign was that he was going to defund and embark on obama care. but maybe a generation fortunately now. >> let's get to the second part, part 2. what do you see the biggest challenges that the president is going to face during his second term? >> i see two things, alex. first and foremost, presidents have had a horrible second term. bill clinton with his personal situation with m...