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Republican state. i thought senators were supposed to be the voice for the people who elected them. i thought senators were supposed to vote the way their constituents wanted them to vote i thought that was the whole purpose of having a representative democracy. it may well be that joe manchin doesn't believe what is being advocated for on the left these days. it is most true that the people he represents do not believe in it. joe manchin is the last democrat standing in an otherwise ruby red state. with the media prefer their be no democrats left standing in west virginia, would they prefer c...

I mean, what's your take on his calculus, especially as he wields so much power? >> yeah. well, look, joe manchin is until a ruby red state, it's kind of a minor miracle, right, that he wins re-election. the state has moved far to the right. he believes in the institution and the politics of his own re-election. he is not somebody who is going to budge. he's run out of air. possibly even in a democratic primary, if he were to move too far in the direction of where the rest of the party has gone. on the other hand, you know, he is sorely testing the patience, not only of his confidence, but of ...

Mcconnell how she sees the process that makes her a player and how someone who leverages her position without in step with the majority leader will be something to watch stew do you get a sense it might be a blueprint for other key moderate voices in the senate? >> not only other key moderates on the republican side like senator murkowski or susan collins of maine or senator romney of utah, you have to have them on your radar as you approach the senate trial as a reporter, at the same time, keep tabs on senator doug jones of alabama, perhaps the most vulnerable senator on either side up for re...

People, 70,000 got him to more than 270 college electoral vote. why? we had this information campaign led by russia, james comey put out a letter days before hillary clinton and that hurt hillary clinton. there is no magic. republicans lost in many key races in 2018 and 2017. democrats got back the house which thank goodness because they are holding this president accountable. if there is no mystical believe on donald trump, this is not the case, i think just like eric pointed out, we have two examples, kentucky and also louisiana which donald trump went into those states and he campaigned on ...

Fixation on the debunked theory that ukraine had interfered in the 2016 election for some time from the president and what is really noticeable now and is that a lot of the republican allies in congress are deflecting attention toward that debunked theory. you've seen an increasing number of senate republicans talk about this. house republicans. you've had chairmans in the senate launch investigations and demand documents into ukraine's again debunked theory. and i think as the senate trial heats up, i think you'll have some republicans try to deflect to that even when national security offici...